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SIR DAVID SALOMONS BART.
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2309 GOULD (John) Synopsis or THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA,
AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS. London. 1837-1838.

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A SYNOPSIS

OF THE

BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA,

AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS.

JOHN GOULD, F.LS., &c.

AUTHOR OF VARIOUS WORKS ON THE “BIRDS OF EUROPE,” “THE BIRDS OF THE
HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS,” “A MONOGRAPH OF THE RAMPHASTIDS,”
“A MONOGRAPH OF THE TROGONID.%,” &c.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR, 20 BROAD STREET, GOLDEN SQUARE.

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Ocypterus minor.
superciliosus,
albovittatus.

Vanga cinerea.

destructor.
nigrogularis.

Cracticus hypoleucus.
Tibicen.

Coronica fuliginosa.
strepera.

Calodera maculata.

nuchalis.

Petroica Goodenovii.

—— pheenicea.

——-— multicolor.

Monarcha trivirgata.
carinata.
inornata,

Amadina cincta.

castaneothorax.

Lathami.
Pardalotus punctatus.
affinis.
striatus.
Platycercus flaveolus.
—————- flaviventris.

—— palliceps.
— ignitus.
—— eximius.

Aquila fucosa,
Halizétus leucogaster.
sphenurus.
———— leucosternus.

canorus.
Pandion leucocephalus.
Falco frontatus.
melanogenys.
brunnea.

Teracidea Berigora.
Astur approximans.

-~ Novee-Hollandiz ?

Graucalus parvirostris.
melanotis.
melanops.
tenuirostris.

———— Swainsoni.
———— mentalis:
Sericornis parvulus.
frontalis.
———— humilis.
citreogularis.
Acanthiza pusilla ?
nana.
———— Diemenensis.

———— lineata.
reguloides.

\Vith Characters of several New Genera and Descriptions of Thirty-six New Species principally in

CONTENTS.

Part I.—Janvaty, 183
Malurus Lamberti.

—— pectovralis.

cyaneus. |

Struthidea cinerea. |
Amadina castanotis.
ruficauda.
modesta.
Neomorpha acutirostris.
crassirostris.
Nestor productus.
—_ hypopolius.
Tropidorhynchus citreogularis.
corniculatus,
Anthocheera mellivora.

carunculata.

Part II.—January, 1837.

Platycercus icterotis.
Nanodes venustus.

elegans.

pulchellus.
Meliphaga chrysops.
auricomis.
fusca.
Acanthorhynchus superciliosus,
tenuirostris.
dubius.
Coturnix Australis.
pectoralis.
———— Nove-Zelandie.

Part I1].—Aprit, 1838.

Astur Noyee-Hollandie.
Accipiter niger.
torquatus.
Lepidogenys subcristatus.
Milvus affinis.
—-—— isurus.
Circus Jardinii.
Athene ? fortis.

P strenua.
——— maculata.
—-— Boobook.
Strix personata.

Part [V.—Apnrit, 1838.

Acanthiza uropygialis.
chrysorrhoea.
magnirostra.

Psilopus brevirostris.

——-—— fuscus.

—— olivaceus.

albogularis.

Pardalotus quadragintus.

melanocephalus.

rubricatus.

Sphenostoma cristata.

Plyctolophus galeritus.

—-—— Leadheateri.

Platycercus Barnardi,

the Author’s Collection.

Anthochzera Lewini.
Meliphaga penicillata.
leucotis.
chrysotis.
-—§| Australasiana.
sericea.
Novee-Hollandie.
Heematops lunulatus.
validirostris.
eularis.
Zosterops tenuirostris.
albogularis.
dorsalis.
Podiceps gularis.
Nestor.

Hemipodius melanotus.
varius.
melanogaster.
AXcialitis nigrifrons.
Monachus.
bicinctus.
Himantopus palmatus.
leucocephalus.
Recurvirostra rubricollis.
Oxyura Australis.
Sterna fuliginosa.
macrotarsa.
poliocerca,

Strix castanops.
delicatulus.
Cyclops.

Halcyon sanctus.

—— collaris.

—— cinnamominus.
Pachycephala gutturalis.
pectoralis.
fusca.
xanthoprocta.
longirostra.
——_———— olivacea.

Platycercus Tabuensis.
ZONAar1us.
Polytelis melanura.
Barrabandi.
Sittella leucocephala.
chrysoptera.
——— pileata.
— melanocephala.
Acanthygenys rufogularis.
Plectorhyncha lanceolata.
Entomophila picta.
Ptilotis ornatus.
flavigulus.
Erythrogonys cinctus.

OCYPTERUS MINOR.
Fig. 1.

Oc. capite, dorso abdomineque rufescenti-brunneis ; alis, uropygio crissoque ccerulescenti-nigris ; rec
tricibus nigris, ad apicem albis, duabus intermediis nec non externis exceptis ; rostro rufescenti, ad

apicem late plumbeo ; pedibus plumbeis.

Long. tot. 6 unc.; rostri, 3; ale, 44; caude@, 22; tarsi, 4.

Whole of the head, back, and abdomen chocolate brown; wings, rump, and under tail-coverts bluish
black ; tail deep bluish black, all the feathers except the two outer and two middle ones tipped with
white ; bill reddish brown at the base and bluish at the tip; feet lead colour.

The sexes are alike in the colouring of their plumage.

Syn. Artamus minor, Vieill. Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat., p. 298.
Ocypterus fuscatus, Valenc. Mém. du Mus. d’Hist. Nat., tom. vi. p. 24. t. 9. fig. 1.

Leptopteryx minor, Wagl. Syst. Av., sp. 6.
Habitat. Australia: locality, interior of New South Wales.

OCYPTERUS SUPERCILIOSUS, Gould.

Fig. 2.

Oc. facie, guld pectoreque nigrescenti-griseis ; lined superciliart albd ad basin excurrente ; suiitmo
capite, corpore superiore alisque fuliginosis ; abdomine crissoque castaneis ; rectricibus griseo-
fuliginosis, ad apicem albescentibus, intermediis duabus exceptis ; rostro plumbeo, ad apicem nigro ;
pedibus plumbeis.

Long. tot. 7 unc.; rostri, 1; ale, 43; caude@, 3; tarsi, 2.

Face, throat, and chest greyish black ; crown of the head, all the upper surface, and wings «deep
fuliginous grey ; a white mark commences at the nostrils and passes over each eye; abdomen and
under tail-coverts chestnut red; tail fuliginous grey, all the feathers except the two outer ones on each
side tipped with greyish white ; bill blue at the base, black at the tip; feet lead colour.

The sexes are alike in the colouring of their plumage.

Ocypterus superciliosus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Habitat. Australia: locality, interior of New South Wales.

OCYPTERUS ALBOVITTATUS, J/’alenc.
Fig. 5.
Oc. capite, collo corporeque toto griseo-fuliginosis ; alis ccerulescenti-nigris ; remigis secundi, tertii, et

quarti pogoniis externis albis ; rectricibus coerulescenti-nigris, ad apicem albis, intermediis duabus
exceptis; rostro plumbeo, ad apicem nigro ; pedibus plumbeis.

Long. tot. 7. unc.; rostri, 2; ale, 5; caude, 3; tarsi, 3.

Head, neck, and the whole of the body fuliginous grey ; wings dark bluish black, the external edges
of the second, third, and fourth primaries white ; tail bluish black, all the feathers except the two
middle ones largely tipped with white ; bill blue with a black tip; feet lead colour.

The sexes are alike in the colouring of their plumage.

Syn. Turdus sordidus, Lath. Ind. Orn., Suppl. p. xliii.

Ocypterus albovittatus, Cuv. Regn. Anim., tom. iv. t. 3. fig.6.—Valene. Mém. du Mus. d’ Hist.
Nat., tom. vi. p. 23. No. 3. t. 8. fig. 2.

Artamus lineatus, Vieill. Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat., p. 297.
~ albovittatus, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 210.

Leptopteryx albovittatus, Wag). Syst. Av., sp. 5.
Sordid Thrush, Lath. Gen. Syn., vol. ii. p. 186.—Shaw, Zool., vol. x. p. 238.—Lath. Gen.

Hist., vol. v. p. 131.
Habitat. Australia: locality, interior of New South Wales.
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VANGA CINEREA, Gould.
Male.

Mas. Vang. capite et nuchd nigris ; dorso, humeris et uropygio griseis ; tectricibus caude albis ; cauda
nigra, rectricibus interne ad apicem albé, duabus intermediis eaceptis ; lined inter rostrum et oculos,
secundariis in medio, tectricibus majoribus, guld et corpore subtus albis ; rostro ad basin plumbeo
ad apicem nigro ; pedibus nigris.

Long. tot. 124 unc. ; rostri, 13; ale, 6; caude, 5%; tarsi, 15.

Mate. Crown of the head, ears and back of the neck black; back, shoulders and rump delicate grey ;
upper tail-coverts white ; tail black, largely tipped with white on the inner webs, except the two middle
feathers, which are wholly black ; space between the bill and the eye, middle of the secondaries, greater
wing-coverts, throat, and all the under surface white; primaries black ; bill bluish lead colour at the
base, passing into black at the tip; legs black.

Fema.e. Differs from the male in being browner and less distinct in all her markings.

Vanga cinerea, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.
Habitat. Van Diemen’s Land.

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VANGA DESTRUCTOR, Temm.
Male.—Fig. 1.

Mas. Vang. summo capite, genis, et nuché nigris; notd ad oculos a rostro alba ; dorso uropygioque
cinerascenti-brunneis ; tectricibus caude albis ; alis nigrescenti-brunneis ; remigum secundarium
pogoniis externis albis ; caudé nigra, rectricibus ad apicem interné albis, duabus intermediis exceptis ;
corpore subtus cinerascenti-albo ; rostro ad basin plumbeo im nigrum transeunte ; pedibus nigris.

Long. tot. 114 unc.; rostri, 13; ale, 54; caude, 44; tarsi, 14.

Mate. Crown of the head, ear-coverts, and back of the neck black ; a white mark from the base of
the bill to the eye; back and rump dark greyish brown; upper tail-coverts white; wings blackish
brown; the middle secondaries white along their outer edges; tail black, all the feathers except the
two middle ones tipped with white on their inner webs ; under surface greyish white; bill lead colour
at the base passing into black at the tip; feet black.

FEMALE. Resembles the male, but is more obscure in all her markings.

Syn. Vanga destructor, Temm. Man., part i. p. lix.—Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 213.
Barita destructor, Temm. Pl. Col., 273.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

VANGA NIGROGULARIS, Gould.
Male.—Fig. 2.

Mas. Vang. capite, collo, et pectore nigris ; torque nuchal, ptilis, pteromatum strigdé longitudinal,
dorso imo, uropygio, abdomine, crisso rectricumque lateralium apicibus albis ; rostro ad basin
plumbeo in nigrum transeunte ; pedibus nigris.

Fam. vel Mas sun.? Partibus que in mare nigris in hoc cinerascenti-brunneis ; vittd occipitali fere
obsoleté ; guld et pectore fulvo-brunneis ; partibus reliquiis ut in mare.

Long. tot. 134 unc.; rostri, 1}; ale,’7 ; caude, 6; tarsi, 14.

Mate. Head, neck, and chest black ; hinder part of the neck, shoulders, centre of the wing; rump,
and under surface white ; two middle tail-feathers entitely black, the remainder black largely tipped
with white; bill lead Colour at the base, black at the tip ; legs black.

FEMALE, or YOUNG OF THE YEAR? Upper surface of a dingy brown where the male is black ; only
a faint indication of the white collar at the back of the neck ; throat and chest brownish buff; other
parts as in‘the male.

Syn. Vanga nigrogularis, Gould in Proce. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Cracticus varius, Vig. & Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 261.

Remark. This species has been referred by Messrs. Vigors and Horsfield to the Cassican de la
Nouvelle Guinée of Buffon’s Pl. Enl.; but on comparing our bird with his plate we have no hesitation
in pronouncing them distinct.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

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CRACTICUS HYPOLEUCUS, Gould.
Fig. 1.
Mas. Cract. nuchd, dorso, tectricibus caude, crisso, rectricibusque caude ad basin, albis, reliquis partibus
nigris ; rostro ad basin plumbeo in nigrum transeunte ; pedibus nigris.

Long. tot. 144 une.; rostri, 2; ale, 93; caude, 53; tarsi, 2.

Crown of the head, cheeks, throat, all the under surface, scapularies, primaries and tips of the tail
jet black ; nape of the neck, back, upper and under tail-coverts, and base of the tail-feathers white ;
bill dark lead colour at the base, passing into black at the tip; legs black.

Cracticus hypoleucus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part IV., 1836.

Remark. May at all times be distinguished from Cracticus Tibicen by its smaller size and by the
back being wholly white.

Habitat. Van Diemen’s Land.

CRACTICUS TIBICEN, Vieill.
Fig. 2.
Mas. Crac. niger, nuchd, tectricibus alarum, dorso imo, uropygio, crisso, caudeque basi albis ; rostro
ad basin plumbeo in nigrum transeunte ; pedibus nigris.
Long. tot. 164 une. ; rostri, 23; ala, 102; caude, 64; tarsi, 23.

Mate. Crown of the head, cheeks, throat, back, all the under surface, scapularies, secondaries,
primaries and tips of the tail-feathers black ; nape of the neck, upper and under tail-coverts, and base
of the tail-feathers white ; bill lead colour at the base, passing into black at the tip ; legs black.

Syn. Coracias Tibicen, Lath. Ind. Orn., Supp., xxvii—Shaw, Zool., vol. vii. p. 405.
Barita Tibicen, Temm. Man., part i. p. li.
Piping Roller, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iii. p. 86. No. 23.
Cracticus Tibicen, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 260.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales, whence it does not appear to migrate.

7 COYOWICH filugrosa
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__--_-- Sbrepera

CORONICA FULIGINOSA, Gould.
Fig; I.

Mas. Cor. corpore toto fuliginoso, remigiis rectricibusque caude ad apicem albis, rostro pedibusque
nigris.
Long. tot. 18 unc.; rostri, 24; ale, 10; caude, 7 ; tarsi, 21.
Mate. Whole of the plumage sooty black with the exception of the ends of the primaries and tail-
feathers, which are white ; bill and legs black.
FEMALE. Ashy brown where the male is black ?
Coronica fuliginosa, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part IV., 1836, with Gen. Cuar.

Habitat. Van Diemen’s Land.

CORONICA STREPERA.
Fig. 2.

Mas. Cor. tota nigra ; maculé alarum, crisso, caudaque basi apiceque albis.
Long. tot. 18 unc.; rostri, 24; ale, 102; caude, 84; tarsi, 21.

Mate. Entirely black except the base of the primaries, the base and tips of the tail-feathers, and
the under tail-coverts, which are white.
FreMALe. Pale ashy brown where the male is black ?

Syn. Reveilleur de [Isle de Norfolk ?, Daud., tom. ii. p. 267.
Corvus graculinus ( White-vented Crow), White’s Bot. Bay, pl. in p. 251.
Coracias strepera, Lath. Ind. Orn., p. 173. No. 21.
Corvus streperus, Leach, Zool. Misc., vol. ii. pl. 86.
Noisy Roller, Lath. Gen. Syn., Suppl. vol. 2. p.121.
Grand Calybe, Le Vaill. Ois. de Par. &c., pl. 24.
Cracticus streperus, Vieill. Gal. des Ois., pl. 109. —Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p.261.
Gracula strepera, Shaw, Zool., vol. vii. p. 462.
Barita strepera, Temm. Man., part i. p. li.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

A. Caboderd re wourtata

CALODERA MACULATA, Gould.
Fig. 1.

Cal. capite supra, auricularibus, et gula nitidé brunneis, singulé plumé cinereo-argentaté cincté ; fascia
nuchali rosacea ; corpore superné cauddque intense brunneis ; apicibus plumarum in dorso, uropygio
scapulisque fulvo largé guttatis; remigibus albidis ; rectricibus flavido-albis, ad apicem notatis ;
corpore subtus cinereo ; lateribus transversaliter brunneo striatis ; rostro et pedibus fusco-brunneis.

Long. tot. 114 unc.; rostri, 14; ale, 6; caude, 43; tarsi, 14.

Crown of the head, ear-coverts, and throat rich brown, each feather being surrounded by a narrow
line of black ; feathers on the crown small and tipped with silvery grey ; a beautiful band of elongated
feathers of a light rose pink crosses the back of the neck, forming a broad fan-like occipital crest ; all
the upper surface, wings, and tail of a deep brown; every feather of the back, rump, scapularies, and
secondaries tipped with a large round spot of rich buff; primaries slightly tipped with white ; all the
tail-feathers terminated with buffy white; under surface greyish white, feathers of the flanks marked
with faint transverse zigzag lines of light brown.

Remark. Differs from Calodera nuchalis in being much smaller in size, and in the strong ma-
culated markings which cover the whole of the upper surface.

Calodera maculata, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part IV., 1836; with Gen. CHAR.
Habitat. Australia: locality, New Holland.

CALODERA NUCHALIS.
Fig. 2.

Cal. brunneo-griseus, subtus pallidior ; capite et corpore supra cinerascenti-brunneis, illius plumis lus-
trantibus ; tectricibus alarum, scapularibus, remigibus rectricibusque albido marginatis ; fascid nu-
chali splendidé purpurascenti-rosed plumulis sericeis circumdatdé ; corpore subtus flavescenti-griseo,
lateribus brunneo lavatis ; rostro pedibusque nigrescenti-brunneis.

Long. tot. 15 une.; rostri, 13; ale, 83; caude, 74; tarsi, 24.

Mate. Head and all the upper surface greyish brown, the feathers of the former with a shining
‘or satiny lustre ; the feathers of the back, wing-coverts, scapulars, quills, and tail tipped with greyish
white; on the nape of the neck a beautiful rose pink fascia, consisting of narrow feathers, and sur-
rounded by a ruff of satin-like plumes, the tips distinct, rounded, and turning inwards ; under surface
yellowish grey, the flanks tinged with brown ; bill and legs brownish black.

Femace, or Younc. Somewhat smaller in size, more deeply: tinged with brown, and wanting the
nuchal fascia and ruff of satiny feathers.

Syn. Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis, Jard. and Selb. Ill. Orn., vol. ii. pl. crit. ,
Remark. In the Collection of the Linnean Society of London.
Hatitat. Australia.

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PETROICA GOODENOVII, Jard. & Selb.
Fig. 1.

Mas. Pet. corpore superiore, nuchd, pectore et alis brunneo-nigris ; abdomine, strigé longitudinal: ala-
rum, rectricumque duarum lateralium marginibus albis ; fronte pectoreque vivide coccineis ; rostro
nigro ; pedes fusci.

Long. tot. 44 unc.; rostri, 4; ale, 24; caude, 2; tarsi, 3.

Upper surface, neck, upper part of the breast, and wings brownish black; wing-coverts and secon-
daries edged with white, forming a broad stripe along the wings ; middle of the outer web of the quills
with a narrow white margin ; forehead, crown, and lower part of the breast bright scarlet passing into
white on the vent; bill black; feet dusky.

Syn. Muscicapa Goodenovii, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 245.—Jard. and Selb. Ill.
Orn., vol. i. pl. vit. fig. 2.
Petroica Goodenovii, Jard. and Selb. Ill. Orn., Add., vol. ii.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales, where it is abundant.

PETROICA PHQOENICEA, Gould.
Fig. 2.

Mas. Pet. corpore superne fuliginoso-griseo fronte, naribus marginibusque anterioribus remigum ter-
tialiuin albo notatis ; remigibus primariis rectricibusque griseo-nigris, harum externis plumis penitus
albis ; guld fuliginosd, corpore subtus coccineo ; crisso albo ; rostro pedibusque nigris.

Fam. Corpore superne toto brunneo, tectricibus ale rufo-griseo emarginatis ; rectricibus externis albis
corpore subtus rufescenti-griseis ; rostro pedibusque nigris.

Long. tot. 53 unc.; rostri, 4; ale, 34; caude, 2; tarsi, 3.

Mate. Crown’ of the head and all the upper surface sooty grey, except a small white spot across
the forehead, a patch of the same colour on the shoulders, and the anterior edges of the tertials ;
primaries and tail-feathers greyish black, except the outer feathers of the latter, which are nearly all
white ; the second tail-feather on each side is also tinged with white; upper part of the throat sooty
grey, the rest of the under surface rich scarlet ; under tail-coverts white ; feet and bill black.

FemMALe. Uniform brown above; wings dark brown; tertials and wing-coverts edged with reddish
grey ; tail brown; the outer tail-feathers on each side almost wholly white; all the under surface
reddish grey ; feet and bill black.

Petroica phenicea, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part IV., 1836.

Remark. This species has been for a long time abundant in collections, but appears never to have
been characterized.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

PETROICA MULTICOLOR, Swains.
Fig. 3.

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Mas. Pet. capite, gula et corpore superiore nigris ; fronte, maculd tectricum, fascia remigum, rectricum
lateralium strigd, crissoque albis ; pectore abdomineque coccineis ; rostro et pedibus nigris.
Fam. Corpore supra et subtus brunneo ; pectore coccineo lavato.

Long. tot. 54 unc.; rostri, 3; ale, 3; caude, 24; tarsi, 3.

Mate. Head, throat, and upper surface black ; forehead snowy white ; a longitudinal and two
oblique bands of white on the wings; breast and upper part of the belly scarlet; lower part of the
belly dull white ; bill and feet black.

FEMALE. All the upper and under surface brown, with the breast strongly tinged with red.

Syn. Muscicapa multicolor, Gmel. Syst., vol. i. p. 944. No. 74.—Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans.,
vol. xv. p. 243. ;
- Muscicapa erythrogastra, Lath. Ind. Orn., p. 479. No. 50.—Gmel. Syst. Nat., vol. i. p. 944.

Red-breasted Warbler, Lewin, Birds of New Holl., pl. xvi.

Red-bellied Flycatcher, Lath. Gen. Syn., vol. iii. p. 343. pl. 50.—Id., Supp., vol. ii. p. 216.—Nat.
Misce., pl. 14:7.—Shaw, Zool., vol. x. p. 400. pl. 32.—Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. vi.
p- 209. pl. 100.

Petroica multicolor, Swains. Zool. Il., 2nd Ser. pl. 36.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales generally.

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MALURUS LAMBERTI, Vig. & Horsf.
Male.—Fig. 1.

Mas. Mal. capite, plumis auricularibus, lateribus colli, dorsoque medio ceruleis ; guld, pectore, dorso
inferiore uropygioque nigerrimis ; scapularibus rujis ; abdominealbo ; remigibus rectricibusque brun-
nescentibus, ceruleo tinctis ; rostro nigro ; tarsis bruinneis.

Long. tot. 5} unc.; rostri, }; ale, 12; cauda, 22; tarsi, f.

Mace. Crown of the head, ear-coverts, sides of the neck, and centre of the back, rich verditer blue ;
throat, breast, crescent across the upper part of the back, and rump, black ; scapulars bright chestnut ;
wings umber brown with paler edges ; centre of the belly dull white, the sides and under the wings
tinged with reddish yellow; tail-feathers dark brown tinged with greenish blue and tipped with
bluish white ; bill black ; tarsi brown.

Femate. “ Above bluish grey ; beneath light ochre yellow.”—Lewin.

Jard. and Selb. Il. Orn.,

Syn. Malurus Lamberti, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 221.
vol. ii. pl. Lxxi1. fig. 2.
Variegated Warbler, Lewin, Birds of New Holl. pl. xv.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

MALURUS PECTORALIS, Gould.
Male.—Fig. 2.

Mas. Mal. capite dorsoque cyaneis ; macula infraorbitali metallicé azured ; lined arictu ad oculum,
fascia cervicem cingente a lateribus producta, alterdque pectorali posticd nigris ; jugulo, ‘pectore
ventreque saturate purpureis ; remigum pogoniis externis viridibus ; caudé viridi-ceruled ; rostro
nigro ; tarsis brunneis.

Long. tot. 5 unc.; rostri, 4; ale, 2; caude, 24; tarsi, 4.

Mate. Crown of the head, back and rump azure blue; throat and under surface azure blue with

a slight tinge of purple; a streak of metallic blue of a spatulate form runs from the corner of the mouth
across the ear-coverts, which, together with a band at the occiput and another across the chest, is deep
velvety black ; the external margins of the wing-feathers green, the inner webs and tips of the primaries
brown ; tail-feathers bluish green slightly tipped with white; bill black ; tarsi brown.

Malurus pectoralis, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part I., 1833, p. 106.

Remark. May be distinguished from all other known species by the black mark across the breast,
by the green colouring of the external edges of the wing-feathers, and by the rich blue colour of the
abdomen.

Habitat. Australia: locality, Swan River.

MALURUS CYANEUS, Fieill.
Male.—Fig. 3.

Mas. Mal. capite, tenia suboculari, hinulaque subnuchali cyancis ; striga ante poneque oculos, nuchd
dorsoque nigerrimis ; gutture pectoreque intense ceruleo-nigris ; abdomine albido ; remigibus brun-
nescentibus ; rostro nigro ; tarsis brunneis.

Fam. Corpore superiore brunneo ; inferiore griseo albido ; rostro et plumis ante oculos rufo-brunneis.

Long. tot. 43 unc.; rostri, £; ale, 14; caude, 24; tarsi, 4.

Mate. Crown of the-head, stripe from the corner of the mouth, running below the ears, and a
broad crescent on the upper part of the back, deep ultramarine blue; back of the neck, shoulders,
back and rump clothed with thick velvety feathers of deep black ; throat and chest deep blue, bordered
at the lower part with black ; belly and vent deep black; wings pale umber drown; tail-feathers
blackish purple with paler edges and white tips; bill black; tarsi brown.

Femate. Upper surface brown; beneath greyish white; bill and feathers before the eye reddish
brown. ,

Syn. Motacilla cyanea, Gmel. Syst. Nat., vol. i. p. 991.
Sylvia cyanea, Lath. Ind. Orn., vol. ii. p. 545.
Superb Warbler, Shaw, Zool. vol. x. p.754. pl. 58.—Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. vii. p. 117. pl. evr.
Malurus cyaneus, Vieill. Gal. des Ois., p. 265. pl. 163.—Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol.xv.
p- 221.—Jard. and Selb. Ill. Orn., vol. ii. pl. rxxu. fig. 3.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

ACW cimeren

SOUL

STRUTHIDEA CINEREA, Gould.

Struth capite, collo, partibusque corporis inferioribus griseis, singulis plumis ad marginem pallidioribus ;
alis brunneis ; rectricibus caude nigris, metallicé viridi nitentibus ; rostro pedibusque nigris.

Long. tot. 114 unc.; rostri, 2; ale, 54; caude, 6 ; tarsi, 14.

Head, neck, back, and under surface grey, each feather tipped with lighter grey ; wings brown; tail
black, the middle feathers glossed deep rich metallic green ; bill and legs black.

Struthidea cinerea, Gould in Proce. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837; with Gen. CHAR.
Habitat. Australia: locality, interior of New South Wales.

1 Amadtna castanotus
Z _-. nuficarda

, oo hes Ga

AMADINA CASTANOTIS, Gould.
Male.—Fig. 1.

Mas. Am, corpore superne cinereo-fusco; alis brunneis ; uropygio albo ; tectricibus caude nigris, albo
guttatis ; genis castaneo-rujis, lined albé ad basin rostri ; pectore griseo, lineis nigris transversim
striato ; notd nigrdé in medio pectoris ; abdomine albo, crisso ochraceo, lateribus castaneis albo
guttatis ; rostro aurantiaco ; pedibus subfiavis.

Fam. Rostro, lineis transversis facialibus, tectricibus caude, pedibusque sicut in mare ; dorso, plumis
auricularibus, alis, caudd lateribusque fusco-griseis ; guld et pectore griseis rufo tinctis ; abdomine
Sflavescenti-brunneo.

Long. tot. 44 unc. ; ale, 24; caude, 14; tarsi, 14.

Mate. Crown of the head, nape, and back brownish grey ; wings brown; rump white ; upper tail-
coverts jet black ; each feather having three large and conspicuous oval spots of white ; tail-feathers
blackish brown slightly tinged with white at their tips; cheeks and ear-coverts reddish chestnut sepa
rated from the bill by a narrow transverse line of white, which white line is bounded on each side by
a still finer line of black; throat and chest grey, the feathers transversely marked with fine lines of
black ; a small black patch on the middle of the chest ; abdomen white ; under tail-coverts buffy white ;
flanks chestnut, each feather marked near the tip with two small oval spots of white; bill orange red ;
feet light yellowish flesh colour.

FEMALE. Transverse lines on the face, upper tail-coverts, and feet, as in the male ; upper surface,
ear-coverts, wings, tail, and flanks greyish brown; throat and chest grey slightly tinged with brown ;
abdomen yellowish brown.

Amadina castanotis, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part IV., 1836.
Habitat. Australia: locality, interior of New South Wales.

AMADINA RUFICAUDA, Gould.
Male.—Fig. 2.

Mas. Am. fronte genisque coccineis, his albo striatis ; corpore superne olivaceo-fusco ; tectricibus caude
caudaque fusco-coccineis, illis guttis pallido-rubris ornatis ; guld corporeque inferne olivaceis, grisets,
albo transversim notatis ; abdomine intermedio crissoque flavide albis ; rostro coccineo ; pedibus
pallidée brunneis. #

Fam. Corpore toto cinereo fusco ; abdomine intermedio albo ; caudd rufescente-brunned.

Long. tot. 44 unc.; ale, 21; caude, 1}; tarsi, 3.

Mate. Face and cheeks scarlet, the latter covered with narrow feathers, which are finely spotted
with white at the tip ; upper surface and wings olive brown; upper tail-coverts and tail deep crimson
brown, the former having a large spot of pinkish white near the tip of each feather; throat, chest, and
flanks delicate olive grey, each feather having a large oval white spot transversely disposed near the
tip; centre of the abdomen and under tail-coverts dirty yellowish white ; bill scarlet ; legs fleshy brown.

Fema. All the uppér surface, cheeks, chest, and flanks uniform greyish brown; centre of the
abdomen white ; tail-feathers dark brown, the shafts of the centre feathers being strongly tinged with
dark crimson brown; bill and legs brown.

Amadina ruficauda, Gould in Proe. of Zool. Soc., Part IV., 1836.
Habitat. Australia: locality, New Holland.

AMADINA MODESTA, Gould.
Male.—Fig. 3.

Mas. Am. fronte sanguinolentd ; corporesuperiore fusco ; alis albo-guttatis ; uropygiocrissoque alternatim
striatis lineis albis atque fuscis ; rectricibus nigris, duabus lateralibus externis ad apicem albo
notatis ; gula nigra ; corporis inferiore parte cinereo-albido lineis transversis fuscis striato ; abdomine
intermedio crissoque albis ; rostro nigro ; pedibus nigrescentibus.

Long. tot. 45 unc.; ale, 21;

Mats. Fore part of the head deep crimson red ; nape of the neck, mantle, and back brown ; wings
brown; tertials (which are very long in this species), together with the greater and lesser quill-feathers,
having a spot of white at the tip ; rump and upper tail-coverts alternately barred with lines of greyish
white and brown; tail-feathers black, the two outer ones on each side tipped with white, transversely
barred with lines of brown, which are strongest on the flanks; middle of the abdomen and under tail-
coverts white ; bill black; feet blackish brown.

Amadina modesta, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part IV., 1836.
Habitat. Australia: locality, New Holland.

caude, 2; tarsi, 3.

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NEOMORPHA ACUTIROSTRIS, Gould.
Fig. 1.
Neom. rostro gracili, elongato, arcuato, colore corneo,in plumbeum ad basin transeunte ; carunculis late
aurantiacis ; corpore toto nigro; caudd largé ad apicem alba.
Long. tot. 163 unc.; rostri, 31; ale, —; caude,7 ; tarsi, —.

Bill long, slender, arched, of a horn colour for three parts of its length from the tip, dark lead colour
at the base ; pendent wattles rich orange ; general plumage black ; tail largely tipped with white.

Neomorpha acutirostris, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837 ; with Gen. CHar.
Habitat. New Zealand.

NEOMORPHA CRASSIROSTRIS, Gould.
Fig. 2.
Neom. rostro subarcuato, valido, acuto, corneo colore, in plumbeum ad basin transeunte ; corpore nigro ;
caudda largé ad apicem alba.
Long. tot. 174 unc.; rostri, 24; ale, —; caude, 74; tarsi, —.

Bill slightly arched, strong, pointed, of a light horn colour for three parts of its length from the tip,
the remainder deep lead colour ; all the plumage black ; tail largely tipped with white.

Neomorpha acutirostris, Gould in Proce. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Remark. It is to be regretted that the only examples known of both these species are imperfect,
wanting the feet and the greater portion of the wings: they form a part of the Zoological Society's

collection, and were obtained from the captain of a vessel, who had received them from a native chief
in New Zealand.

Habitat. New Zealand.

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= Aiypopolns

NESTOR PRODUCTUS, Gould.
Fig. 1.

Nest. brunneus ; rostro elongato ; capite nuchdque pallidé brunnescenti-griseis, harum dorsique plumis
saturatiore marginatis ; uropygio, ventre, crissoque saturate rubris ; gutture pectoreque fravis, illo
ad gulum rubro tincto; alarum flecuré subtus flava olivaceo-rufo tinctd ; rectricibus ad basin
aurantiaco-flavo brunneoque fasciatis ; remigum pogoniis internis ad basin subtusque sordidée rufo
brunneoque fasciatis ; rostro pallido ; pedibus saturate brunneis.

Long. tot. 15 une. ; rostri, 24; ale, 10; caude, 6 ; tarsi, 14.

General colour brown ; beak elongated ; the head and back of the neck tinged with grey, the feathers
of these parts as well as of the back margined with a deeper tint; the rump, belly, and under tail-
coverts deep red; the cheeks, throat, and chest yellow, the former being tinged with red; shoulders
on their under surface yellow tinged with rufous olive; the tail-feathers banded at the base with
orange yellow and brown ; the inner webs of the quill-feathers at the base and beneath banded with
dusky red and brown; bill pale brown; feet blackish brown.

Syv. Plyctolophus productus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part IV., 1836, p. 19.
Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales or Norfolk Island.

NESTOR HYPOPOLIUS, Wagil.
Fig. 2.

Nest. summo capite et nuchd cinerascentibus facie, et plumis auricularibus flavescentibus ad basin rostri
rubro tinctis ; lateribus colli, pectore abdomineque sordidé rubris, singulis plumis olivaceo-viridi
marginatis ; dorso alisque olivaceo-brunneis ; uropygio crissoque rubris ; caudd olivaceo-brunned ;
rostro griseo ad apicem nigrescenti ; pedibus cinerascentibus.

Long. tot. 164 unc.; rostri, 2; ale, 114; caude, 7 ; tarsi, 14.
Top of the head greyish white slightly tinged with green; face and ear-coverts yellowish tinged
near the base of the bill with red; sides of the neck, breast, and abdomen dull red, each feather mar-

gined with olive green; back and wings brownish olive; rump and vent deep red; tail brownish
green ; bill grey with a darker tip ; legs and feet brownish grey.

Syn. Nestor hypopolius, Wagl. Mon. Psitt. in Abhand., &c., pp. 505 and 696.—Selby, Nat. Lib.,
vol. vi. p. 121. pl. 12.
Psittacus Nestor, Lath. Ind. Orn., p. 110. sp. 85.—Kuhl. Consp. Psitt. in Nov. Act., &c., p. 86.
Psittacus Australis, Shaw, Mus. Lever., p. 87.
Southern Brown Parrot, Lath. Syn., vol. i. p. 264. no. 70.
Psittacus meridionalis, Gmel.

Habitat. New Zealand.

RYMUS citreagutoarrs

Lropuaon

uo le +--+ - Cornvoutatus

TROPIDORHYNCHUS CITREOGULARIS, Gould.
Fig. 1.

Trop. summo capite, dorso, uropygio, alis, cauddque brunneis, his pallidioribus, pogoniis externis
remigum secundariorum olivaceo marginatis; caudd ad apicem grised; nuchdé lateribus colli
albescenti-griseis ; mandibuld inferiori ad basin, notdque nudé pone oculos ceeruleis ; guldé et
lateribus pectoris citreis ; abdomine pallide griseo ; rostro nigro ; pedibus plumbeis.

Long. tot. 104 une. ; rostri, 14; ale, 54; caude, 44; tarsi, 1}.

Crown of the head, back, rump, wings, and tail brown, the two latter being lighter, and the secon-
daries margined externally with olive ; tail slightly tipped with greyish white; base of the lower man-
dible, space beneath the eye, and the region of the ears naked andvwof a fine blue ; throat and sides of
the chest lemon yellow; under surface light grey ; bill black ; legs lead colour.

Tropidorhynchus citreogularis, Gould in Proce. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.
Habitat. Australia: locality, interior of New South Wales.

TROPIDORHYNCHUS CORNICULATUS, Vig. & Horsf.
Fig. 2.

Trop. capite, collo superiore, gutturisque torque angusto-ceruleis, nudis ; mento, pectore rectricumque
apicibus albis, hoc graciliter fusco lineato ; corpore inferiore brunnescenti-griseo, subtis albescente ;

rostro et pedibus brunneo-nigris.
Long. tot. 13 unc.; rostri, 13; ale, 6; caude, 54; tarsi, 14.
Crown of the head, back, and sides of the neck naked and of a blue colour; all the upper surface,

wings, and tail greyish brown, the feathers of the latter tipped with greyish white ; throat, chest, and
under surface greyish brown ; bill and feet brownish black.

Syn. Merops corniculatus, Lath. Ind. Orn., p. 276. No. 21.
Corbi calao, Le Vaill. Ois. d’Am. et des Indes, tom. i. p. 69. pl. 24.
Knobfronted Honey-Eater, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 161. No. 6.
Tropidorhynchus corniculatus, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 324.—Jard. and
Selb. Ill. Orn., vol. iii. pl. cxxxrit.
- Monachus, Vig.and Horsf. in Ibid., vol. xv. p. 324.
Merops Monachus, Lath. Ind. Orn., Supp., p. xxxiv. No. 10. Youre?
Knobfronted Bee-Eater, White's Journ., pl. in p. 190. uo!
Cowled Honey-Eater, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 162. No. 7.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

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ANTHOCHAERA MELLIVORA, Vig. & Horsf.
Fig. 1.

Anth. corpore superiore intense brunneo, singulis plumis in medio lined angustd albdé notatis ;
remigum pogoniis internis per tres longitudinis basalis partes castaneis, ad apicem brunneis pogoniis
externis notd apicali alba ; secundariis, alis tectricibusque caude cinerascenti-brunneis ad apicem
albis ; cauddé nigrescenti-brunned, olivaceo lavatd, et ad apicem alba ; rectricibus gradatis ; plumis
gularibus, pectoralibusque ad basin nigrescenti-brunneis et ad apicem albis ; plumis abdominalibus
brunneis in medio lined longitudinali albd notatis ; rostro pedibusque nigrescenti-brunneis.

Long. tot. 114 unc.; rostrt, 14; ale, 54; caude, 54; tarsi, 1}.

All the upper surface dark brown, each feather marked down the centre with a minute line of
white ; primaries chestnut brown on the internal webs for three parts of their length from the base ;
outer webs and remainder of the inner brown, each feather slightly tipped with white ; secondaries,
wings and tail-coverts greyish brown tipped with white; tail blackish brown with a tinge of olive
much graduated, and all the feathers tipped with white; feathers of the throat and chest blackish
brown at the base and white at the tip; feathers of the breast and under surface brown largely
striped down their centres with white ; bill and feet blackish brown.

Syn. Certhia mellivora, Lath. Ind. Orn. Supp., p. xxxvii. No. 8.
Mellivorous Honey-Eater, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 161. no. 5.
Anthochera mellivora, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 321.
Mellivorous Creeper, Lath. Gen. Syn., vol. ii. p. 166.

Wattled Bee-eater, female, White’s Journ., pl. in p. 240.

Habitat, Australia: locality, New South Wales.

ANTHOCHAERA CARUNCULATA, Vig. & Horsf.
Fig. 2. °

Anth. summo capite et nuché nigra atque grisea striatis, singulis plumis nigris, marginibus griseis ;
dorso humerisque fuseis, singulis plumis in medio subflavidis ; alis nigrescenti-brunneis, remigum
pogoniis externis letée griseo marginatis et ad apicem albis ; caudd gradata ; tectricibus caude nec
non rectricibus duabus intermediis griseis, rectricibus reliquiis nigrescenti-brunneis, omnibusque ad
apicem albis ; carunculd aurantiacd lateribus colli ; guld, pectore lateribusque griseis, singulis plumis
in medio nigrescenti-brunneis ; abdomine late flavido ; rostro nigro ; pedibus subflavidis.

Long. tot. 18 une. ; rostri, 14; ale, 7; caude, 10; tars, 12.

Crown of the head and back of the neck striped with black and grey, the centre of each
feather being black and its external edges grey ; back and shoulders dusky brown, the shaft of each
feather buffy white ; wings deep blackish brown, the external margins of the primaries slightly, and
the secondaries broadly fringed with grey ; tips of all the primaries white ; tail much graduated ; the
upper tail-coverts and two middle tail-feathers grey, the remainder blackish brown, and the whole
tipped with white ; on each side of the neck a pendulous wattle of a rich orange colour ; throat, breast,
and flanks grey, each feather having a central mark of blackish brown, which is much enlarged on
the lower part of the breast ; centre of the abdomen rich yellow ; bill black ; feet and legs light yellow.

Syn. Merops carunculatus, Lath. Ind. Orn., p. 276. no. 20.
Corvus paradoxus, Id. Ib., Supp., p. xxvi. no. 10.
Pie a pendeloques, Daud. Traité d’Orn., tom. ii. p. 246. pl. xvi. no. xxx.
Wattled Bee-eater, White's Journ., pl. in p. 144. Male.
Wattled Honey-eater, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 154. no. 3.
Creadion carunculatus, Vieill. Gal. des Ois., tom. i. pl. 94.
Anthochera carunculata, Vig. & Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 321.

Habitat. Van Diemen’s Land.

ANTHOCHARA LEWINI, Vig. & Horsf.
Fic. 3.

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Anth. corpore superiore fusco, singulis plumis lined centrali alba ; remigum pogoniis internis per tres

longitudinis partes castaneis, ad apicem brunneis, pogonis externis brunneis; ad apicem albis ; alis
tectricibusque caude cinerascenti-brunneis, apicibus albis ; caudaé gradatd nigrescenti-brunned, oli-

vaceo iavatd, ad apicem albd ; plumis gularibus pectoralibusque ad basin nigrescenti-fuscis et ad
apicem albis ; corpore subtus brunneo, longitudinaliter largé albo striato ; rostro pedibusque fuscis.

Long. tot. 14 unc. ; rostri, 11; ale,61; caude, 7 ; tarsi, 13.

Crown of the head, a line running from the base of the bill beneath the eye, and the ear-coverts
blackish brown ; space under the eye silvery white bounded behind by a triangular naked yellow
spot, below which rises a short pendulous wattle of the same colour; back of the neck and all
the upper surface greyish brown, each feather having a stripe of white down the centre; upper
tail-coverts greyish brown widely margined with grey; primaries and secondaries deep blackish
brown, the former slightly and the latter broadly edged with grey, all the primaries tipped with white ;
two middle tail-feathers greyish brown, the remainder deep blackish brown, the whole largely tipped
with white; throat, breast, and flanks grey, the centre of each feather being lighter; middle of the
abdomen yellow ; bill and feet brown.

Syn. Wattled Bee-eater, Phill. Bot. Bay, pl. in p. 164.
Anthochera Lewinii, Vig. & Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 322, note.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

1 Melphoga penetiazas

A, ----——---------_ COU.

MELIPHAGA PENICILLATA, Gould.
Fig. 1.

Mel. facie plumisque auricularibus Jlavidis ; pone has penicilld sericed alba oriente ; corpore superiore
fla escenti-griseo ; pogoniis remigum externis latior ibus ; corpore subtus pallidé brunnescenti-
cinereo ; rostro ies brunneis.

Long. tot. 6} unc.; rostri, ¥; ale, 3; caude, 3; tarsi, 2.

; behind the ear-coverts a small tuft of white silky

Sides of the face and ear-coverts delicate yellow ;
,; the outer edges of the quill-feathers tinged with a richer

feathers; upper surface rich yellowish grey
colour; under surface light yellowish brown; bill and feet brown.
Meliphage penicillata, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Habitat. Australia: locality, interior of New South Wales.

MELIPHAGA LEUCOTIS, V7 1g. & Horsf.
Fig. 2.

Mel. corpore supra abdomineque flavo-olivaceis ; capite, guitture, pectoreque nigrescenti-griseis ; his

saturatioribus ; maculd auriculari albd ; rostro pedibusque nigris.

Long. tot. 75 unc.; rostri, 2; ale, 33; caude, 33; tarsi, 4.

Upper surface and abdomen yellowish olive; crown of the head grey streaked longitudinally
with black ; throat and chest black ; ear-feathers pure silvery white ; tips of the tail- feathers yellowish
white ; bill and feet black.

Syx. Turdus leucotis, Lath. Ind. Orn., p. xliv. No. 26.

White-eared Honey-Eater, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 186. No. 41.

White-eared Thrush, Lath. Gen. Syn., Suppl. vol. ii. p. 373.

Meliphaga leucotis, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 314.—Jard. and Selb. Hl. Orn ,
vol. i. pl. xxxv. fig. 2—Temm. Man., part i. p. Ixxxviii—Temm. PI. Col. 435.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

MELIPHAGA CHRYSOTIS, Lewin.
Fig. 3. i

Mel. corpore supra olivaceo-viridi, subtis pallidiore ; capite grisescente ; maculd pone plumas auriculares
ovali flava ; regione periophthalmicd nigrescente, lined angusta flavescenti a a rictu sub oculos excur-
rente ; rostro nigro ad basin aurantiaco ; tarsis brunneis.

Long. tot. 74 unc.; rostri, 1; ale, 34; caude, 34; tarsi, 1.

Upper surface olive green; under surface the same colour but paler ; behind the ears an oval spot
of fine yellow; region of the eyes blackish ; below the eye a narrow stripe of yellow ; bill black at the
tip, yellow at the base ; legs brown.

Syn. Certhia chrysotis, Lath. Ind. Orn., Supp., p. xxxviii. No. 16.

Yellow-eared Honey-eater, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 195. No. 54.

Meliphaga chrysotis, Lewin, Birds of New Holl., pl. v—Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv.
p. 314.

Spot-eared Creeper, Shaw, Zool., vol. viii. p. 244.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

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MELIPHAGA AUSTRALASIANA, Vig. & Horsf.
Male.—Fig. 1.

Mas. Mel. capite, dorso, uropygio et lateribus cinerascenti-fuliginosis ; strigad superciliari, gutture, ab-
domineque,medio albis ; pectore utringue lined semilunart nigra ornato ; alis fuscis, remigum po-
goniis externis flavis ; caudd nigra, rectricibus ad basin externe flavis et ad apicem interne albis,
intermediis quatuor exceptis ; rostro pedibusque nigris.

Fam. A mare differt, plumis minis lete tinctis fascidque pectorali obscuriori.

Long. tot. 6} unc.; rostri, 3; ale, 24; caude, 22; tarsi, Z.

Mate. Crown of the head, ear-coverts, back, rump, and flanks sooty grey ; stripe over the eye, lower
part of the throat, and centre of the abdomen white ; on each side of the chest a semilunated mark of
black ; wings dark brown, the external edges of the primaries and secondaries bright yellow ; tail
black, the external edges of the feathers at the base bright yellow; all the feathers, except the four

middle ones, tipped with white on their inner webs; bill and feet black.
Femace. Differs from the male in having a dull plumage and a much more obscure style of marking.

Syn. Certhia Australasiana, Shaw, Zool., vol. viii. p. 226.
L Héoro-taire noir et blanc? Vieill. Ois. dor., tom. ii. p. 89. pl. 55.
Meliphaga Australasiana, Vig. & Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 313.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

MELIPHAGA SERICEA, Gould.
Male.—Fig. 2.

Mel. summo capite, guld, et regione circa oculos nigris 3 strigd frontali alba supra oculos tendenti ; pe-
nicilld pilosé alba genas auresque tegenti ; dorso brunnescenti-cinereo, longitudinalitér nigro stri-
ato; corpore subtus albo singulis plumis in medio longitudinaliter nigris ; alis brunnescenti-
nigris, pogoniis remigum externis late flavidis ; rectricibus caude brunneis, pogoniis ad marginem
flavescentibus ; rostro pedibusque nigris.

Long. tot. 6} unc.; rostri, £; ale, 23; cauda, 23; tarsi, 3.

Crown of the head, throat, and space round the eye black; an obscure band of white crosses the
forehead and passes over each eye ; a beautiful plume of hair-like white feathers spreads over the cheeks
and ear-coverts; back dusky brown, striped longitudinally with black; under surface white, each feather
having a central longitudinal mark of black ; wings dark brown, the outer edge of all the primaries and
secondaries bright yellow; tail dark brown, the external edges having a slight tinge of yellow ; feet
and bill black.

Meliphaga sericea, Gould in Proce. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

’ MELIPHAGA NOVAE-HOLLANDILA, Vig. & Florsf.
Male.—Fig. 3.

Mel. capite summo genisque nigris, plumis minimis albis in fronte circa basin mandibule superioris ;
strigéd superciliari et mystacibus ad basin mandibule inferioris albis ; plumis gularibus setosis al-
bis; corpore supra nigrescenti-brunneo ; alis nigris, pogoniis externis remigum late flavidis ; caudd
rotundatd nigrescenti-brunned, flavido lavata et ad apicem albo interne notatd, rectricibus duabus
intermediis exceptis ; corpore subtus albescenti-griseo, longitudinaliter nigro striato ; rostro nigro ;
pedibus brunneis.

Long. tot. 62 unc.; rostri, 1; ale, 3; caude, 33; tarsi, 4.

Top of the head and cheeks black, with minute white feathers on the forehead round the base of
the upper mandible; a superciliary stripe and a moustache at the base of the upper mandible white ;
feathers on the throat white and bristle-like ; upper surface brownish black; wings black, the outer
edges of the quills tinged with beautiful yellow; tail rounded and brownish black, tinged with yellow;
under surface white, striped longitudinally with black; bill black; feet brown.

Syn. Certhia Nove-Hollandie, Lath. Ind. Orn., p. 296. no. 49.

New Holland Creeper, White's Journ., pl. in p. 186.—Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p.171. no. 17.
LI? Héoro-taire tacheté, Vieill. Ois. dor., tom. ii. p. 91. pl. 57.
/ Melliphaga Nove-Hollandie, Vig. & Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 311.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New Holland.

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HAMATOPS LUNULATUS.
Male.—Fig. 1.

Mas. Hem. corpore supra viridi-olivaceo ; capite gendque nigris ; lunulé nuchali corporeque subtis
albis, orbitis nudis rubris ; rostro pedibusque nigris.

Fam. vel Mas sun.? Obscurior, capite haud nigro ut in mare adulto, at solummodo brunnescenti-
griseo ; vitté nuchal feré obsoleta.

Long. tot. 5 unc.; rostri, $; ale, 23; caude, 23; tarsi, 3.

Mate. Upper surface greenish olive; head and neck black; under surface and a crescent-shaped
mark at the back of the head white; orbits naked and of a bright red; bill and feet black.

Femave or Younc MALE? Has.the general plumage much more obscure, and the head, instead of
being pure glossy black with a distinct band of white, is brownish grey with only a faint indication
of the occipital band.

Syn. Certhia lunulata, Shaw, Zool., vol. viii. p. 224.

Le Fuscalbin, Vieill. Ois. dor., tom. ii. p. 95. pl. Lx.

Red-eyed Honey-eater, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 203. no. 65.

Meliphaga lunulata, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 315.—Jard. & Selb. Ill. Orn.,
vol. iii. pl. cxxxrv. fig. I.

Black-crowned Honey-sucker, Lewin, Birds of New. Holl., pl. xxtv.

Meliphaga atricapilla, Temm. Pl. Col. 335. fig. 1.

Meliphaga torquata, Swains. Zool. Ill., Ist Ser., pl. cxvi.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

HAZMATOPS VALIDIROSTRIS, Gould.
Male.—Fig. 2.

Hem. summo capite splendidée nigro, vittd occipitali albé pone oculos orienti ; plumis auricularibus,
mento, et nuchd nigris ; summo corpore olivaceo, griseo lavato ; uropygio, rectricumque pogoniis
externis letioribus ; alis brunneis, olivaceo levitér tinctis ; gulé alba ; corpore subtis brunnescenti-
griseo ; rostro nigro, et ad apicem depressiusculo ; pedibus carnosis.

Long. tot. 62 unc.; rostri, 3; ale, 34; caude, 3; tarsi, 4.

Crown of the head jet black, with an occipital band of white terminating at each eye; ear-coverts,
chin, and back of the neck black; all the upper surface greyish olive, becoming brighter on the rump
and external edges of the tail-feathers ; wings brown, with a slight tinge of olive; throat pure white ;
under surface brownish grey ; bill black; feet flesh-colour.

Hematops validirostris, Gould in Proe. of Zool. Soe., Part V., 1837, with Grn. CHAR.

Habitat. Van Diemen’s Land.

HAMATOPS GULARIS, Gould.
Male.—Fig. 3.

Hem. summo capite nigro, vittd occipitali albé pone oculos orienti ; plumis auricularibus et nuchd ni-
gris ; dorso et uropygio aurato-olivaceis ; alis cauddque brunneis ; guld cinerascenti-albd, striga
migra per mediam partem tendenti ; corpore subtis cinerascenti-brunneo ; rostro nigro ; pedibus
pallidée brunneis.

Long. tot. 6 une. ; rostri, 3; ale, 33; caude, 23; tarsi, 4.

Crown of the head black, an occipital band of white terminating at each eye ; ear-coverts and back
of the neck black; back and rump golden olive; wings and tail brown; throat greyish white, with a
central stripe of black; under surface greyish brown; bill black; feet pale brown.

Hematops gularis, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.
Habitat. Australia : locality, interior of New South Wales.

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ZOSTEROPS TENUIROSTRIS, Gould.
Fig. 1.

Zost. capite, gutture, pectoreque olivaceo-viridibus (hoc colore in his letiore) ; dorso, alis, caudadque
obscure olivaceo-viridibus ; abdomine olivaceo-brunneo ; oculis zond albd angustaé circumdatis ;
rostro pedibusque brunneo-plumbeis.

Long. tot. 5% unc.; rostri, 3; ale, 24; caude, 2; tarsi, 4,

Head, throat, and chest yellowish green, which is brightest on the throat and chest; back, wings,
and tail dark olive green ; under surface olive brown ; bill and legs light brown inclining to lead colour ;
eye surrounded by a narrow zone of white feathers.

The sexes are alike in the colouring of their plumage.
Zosterops tenuirostris, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Habitat. Australia: locality, banks of the Morumbidgee ; and other parts of the interior of New
South Wales.

ZOSTEROPS ALBOGULARIS, Gould.
Eigse.

Zost. summo capite plumisque auricularibus olivaceo-griseis ; dorso et uropygio olivaceo-castaneis ; alis
cauddque olivaceo-brunneis ; oculis zond alba lata cireumdatis, anticée et infra nigro marginata ;
gulé, abdominis medio, crissoque albis ; lateribus castaneis ; rostro pedibusque plumbeis.

Long. tot. 52 unc.; rostri, 4; ale, 3; caude, 24; tarsi, 1.

Crown of the head and ear-coverts olive grey; back and upper tail-coverts olive strongly tinged
with chestnut ; wings and tail olive brown; a broad zone of white feathers surrounds each eye, bounded
in front and below with black ; throat, centre of the abdomen, and under tail-coverts white; flanks
chestnut ; bill and legs lead colour.

The sexes are alike in the colouring of their plumage.

Zosterops albogularis, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Remark. This is the largest species of the genus I have yet observed.

Habitat. Australia: locality, banks of the Morumbidgee and the interior of New South Wales.

ZOSTEROPS DORSALIS, Vig. & Horsf.
Fig. 3.

Zost. capite, alis cauddque olivaceis ; dorso cinereo ; oculis zoné alba laté circumdatis, strigd ante sub-
tusque oculos nigra ; guld, abdominisque medio flavescenti-albidis ; abdominis lateribus ferrugineo
tinctis ; rostro brunneo ; pedibus brunneo-plumbeis.

Long. tot. 5 une. ; rostri, 4; ale, 23; caude, 2; tarsi, 3.

Crown of the head, wings, and tail olive ; back greyish olive; eyes surrounded by a zone of white
feathers, bounded in front and below with black; throat, centre of the abdomen, and under tail-
coverts greyish white with a slight tinge of olive; flanks light chestnut brown; upper mandible
dark brown, under mandible lighter ; feet brownish lead colour.

The sexes are alike in the colouring of their plumage.

Syn. Sylvia annulosa, var. 3., Swains. Zool. Il, 1st Ser., pl. 16.
Zosterops dorsalis, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 235.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales, where it is very common.

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PODICEPS GULARIS, Gould.
Fig. 1.

Pod. summo capite, et nuchd, intensé nigrescenti-brunneis, olivaceo lavatis ; gutture genisque nigris ;
strigd castaned pone oculos oriente et per latera colli excurrente; corpore supra nigrescenti-
brunneo ; tectricibus ale secundariis albo marginatis, hoc colore vitram transversam faciente ; collo
imo, pectore et corpore subtus argenteo-griseis, hoc colore in brunneum ad latera transeunte ; rostre
et pedibus nigris.

Long. tot. 10 une.; rostri, 14; ale, 44; tarsi, 1}.

Crown of the head and nape of the neck deep blackish brown tinged with olive ; throat and sides
of the face black; a mark of deep chestnut rises behind each eye and runs down the side of the neck ;
upper surface deep blackish brown; secondary wing-coverts tipped with white, forming a bar across

the wing; lower part of the neck, chest, and under surface silvery grey merging into deep brown on
the flanks; bill and feet black.

Podiceps gularis, Gould in Proce. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Remark. The above description answers to the spring or nuptial dress, which is common to both
sexes; at other seasons the rich markings of the head give place to a uniform tint of greyish brown,
and the general colouring is also much lighter.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

PODICEPS NESTOR, Gould.
Fig. 2.

Pod. capite plumis elongatis sericeis albis induto ; gutture et occipite nigris ; corpore supra intensé
brunneo, subtus argenteo-griseo, ad latera brunneo lavato ; rostro nigro ad apicem pallidiore ;
tarsis olivaceo-nigris.

Long. tot. 9 une.; rostri, 1; ala, 41; tarsi, 13.

Head covered with long fine hair-like white feathers ; throat and occiput, upper surface dark brown,
under surface silvery grey, tinged with brown on the flanks ; bill black with a light tip; tarsi blackish
olive.

Podiceps Nestor, Gould in Proe. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Remark. The above is the plumage of the breeding-season ; at other periods the head is plain brown,
and destitute of the elongated hair-like feathers.

The Podiceps poliocephalus of Messrs. Jardine and Selby’s Illustrations of Ornithology (vol. i. pl. 13.)
may possibly be identical with the present bird in one of its changes ; at the same time this point is
not so clear that we could feel satisfied in figuring it under their name.

Habitat. Australia: localities, Van Diemen’s Land and New South Wales.

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Mon. fronte, guld, margine oculari, auriculisque, intense nigris; corpore superiore nigrescenti-griseo ;
caudd nigra, rectricibus externis tribus ad apicem albis ; genis, pectore lateribusque rufis ; abdomine
crissoque albis ; rostro plumbeo ; pedibus nigris.

Long. tot. 64 unc.; rostri, 3; ale, 3; caude, 3; tarsi, 3,

Forehead, throat, space round the eye, and the ears, jet black; upper surface dark grey ; tail black,
the three outer feathers on each side largely tipped with white; cheeks, chest and flanks rufous ;

~ abdomen and tail-coverts white; bill lead colour; feet black.
Syn. Drymophila trivirgata, Temm. PI. Col. 418. f. 1.
Habitat. Australia.

MONARCHA CARINATA, Vig. & Florsf.
Fig. 2.

Mon. fronte, loris, et gutture intense nigris ; corpore superiore griseo; alis cauddque fuscis ; lateribus
colli pectoreque pallidée cinereis ; abdomine crissoque rufis ; rostro plumbeo ; pedibus fuscis.
Long. tot. 7 unc.; rostri, ?; ale, 33; eaude, 3; tarsi, }.
Forehead, lores, and throat jet black; all the upper surface grey ; wings and tail brown; sides of
the neck and the chest light grey; abdomen and under tail-coverts rufous ; bill bluish horn colour ; feet
blackish brown.

Syn. Muscipeta carinata, Swains. Zool. Ill., 1st ser., pl. 147.
Drymophila carinata, Temm. Pl. Col. 418. f. 2.
Monarcha carinata, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 255.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

MONARCHA INORNATA.
Fig. 3.

Mon. capite, gutture, corpore superiore, cauddque, cinereis ; alis fuscis, pogoniis externis rufo tinctis ;
loris cinerascentibus ; abdomine crissoque rufis ; rostro plumbeo ; pedibus nigris.

Long. tot. 7 unc.; rostri, 4; ale, 33; caude, 3; tarsi, 3,
. Head, throat, all the upper surface, and the tail, grey ; wings brown, the outer edge of the feathers
tinged with rufous; lores greyish white; abdomen and under tail-coverts rufous; bill lead colour ;
feet black.

Syn. Muscicapa inornata, Garnot in Duperrey’s Voy. autour du Monde, p. 591., and Atlas to ditto,

plel6éet. 1.7

Remark. Although we have followed M. Garnot in describing this bird as distinct from Monarchu

carimata, we think it probable that it may ultimately prove to be only the female of that species.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

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AMADINA CINCTA, Gould.
Fig. 1.

Am. capite et nuché late griseis ; auriculis, lateribusque colli argentato-griseis ; guldloroque nigris ;
dorso, pectore, et abdomine castaneo-brunneis ; alis colore saturatiore ; fascia pone crura atra
nitidd ; tectricibus caude superioribus inferioribusque nigris ; rostro nigro ; pedibus pallide carneo-

fuscis.
Long. tot. 44 une. ; rostri, $5 ale, 24; cauda@, 14; tarsi, 3.
Crown of the head and back of the neck grey ; ear-coverts and sides of the neck silvery grey ; throat

and lores black ; back, chest, and abdomen chestnut brown ; wings the same but darker; lower part
of the body surrounded by a black band ; tail-coverts white ; tail black; bill black; feet light flesh-

colour.
Amadina cincta, Gould in Proce. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

In the Collections of the British Museum and Zoological Society.
Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

AMADINA CASTANEOTHORAX, Gould.
Fig. 2.

Am. capite summo et nuchd fusco-griseis, plumis centris nigris ; guld nigra; pectore pallide castaneo-
brunneo, margine inferiori fascia nigra; dorso alisque castaneo-brunneis ; tectricibus caude su-
perioribus colore quam in dorso pallidiori ; tectricibus caude inferioribus nigris ; caudd brunned ;
plumis laterum fasciis alternis brunneis, nigris, et albis ; abdomine flavido-albo ; rostro pedibusque
plumbeis.

Long. tot. 4 unc.; rostri, 3; ale, 21; caud@, 1}; tarsi, 3.

Crown of the head and back of the neck brownish grey, each feather having a darker centre ; throat
black ; chest light chestnut brown, bounded below by a narrow band of black ; back and wings chest-
nut brown becoming lighter on the upper tail-coverts ; under tail-coverts black ; tail brown; feathers
of the flanks alternately marked transversely with brown, black, and white ; abdomen yellowish white ;
bill-and feet lead colour.

Amadina castaneothorax, Gould in Proce. of Zool. Soe., Part V., 1837.
In the Collection of King’s College, London.
Habitat. Australia.

AMADINA LATHAMI.
Fig. 3.

Am. summo capite, auriculis, nuchd fusco-griseis ; dorso alisque brunneis ; tectricibus caud@ superi-
oribus coccineis ; cauddé nigra ; loro nigro ; guld alba ; pectore lateribusque nigris his albo ma-
culatis ; abdomine centrali et crisso albis; rostro coccineo ; pedibus plumbeis.

Long. tot. 44 unc.; rostri, 3; ale, 23; caude, 13; tarsi, 3.

Crown of the head, ear-coverts, and back of the neck dark grey ; back and wings brown; rump
and upper tail-coverts scarlet; tail black ; space between the bill and the eye black; throat white ;
chest and flanks black, the latter spotted with white; centre of the abdomen and under tail-coverts
white ; bill scarlet ; feet lead colour.

Syn. Fringilla leucocephala?, Lath. Ind. Orn., Suppl. xlviii—Shaw, Zool., vol. ix. p. 493.
Spotted Grosbeak, Lewin, Birds of New Holl., pl. 1x.
White-headed Finch, Lath. Gen. Syn., Supp., vol. ii. p. 210. pl. 132.
Spotted-sided Grosbeak, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. v. p. 248. pl. 89.
/ Fringilla Lathami, Vig. & Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 256.
La Fringille leucophore, Fringilla leucocephala, Vieill. Hist. Nat. des Ois. Chant., p. 50. pl. 26.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

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PARDALOTUS PUNCTATUS, Temm.
Fig. 1.

Pard. vertice, alis, cauddque nigris, singulis plumis notam albam apicem versus habentibus ; lined
albé ad basin rostri oriente et super oculos excurrente ; plumis auricularibus lateribusque colli
cinerascentibus ; plumis dorsalibus ad basin griseis nota triangulari medida cervind ornatis, nigro
circumdatis ; wropygio rufescenti-fusco; tectricibus caude coccineis ; guld, pectore, crissoque flavis ;
abdomine lateribusque fulvis ; restro nigro ; pedibus fuscis.

Long. tot. 33 unc.; rostri, $; ale, 21; caude, 14; tarsi, 3.

Crown of the head, wings, and tail black, each feather having a round spot of white near the tip ;
a stripe of white commences at the nostrils and passes over the eye ; ear-coverts and sides of the neck
grey; feathers of the back grey at the base, succeeded by a triangular-shaped spot of fawn colour,
and edged with black; rump rufous brown; upper tail-coverts crimson ; throat, chest, and under tail-
coverts yellow ; abdomen and flanks tawny ; bill black ; feet brown.

Syn. Pardalotus punctatus, Temm. Man., part i. p. Ixv.—Id. Pl. Col., '78.—Vieill. Gal. des Ois.,
tom. i. pl. 73.—Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 237.
Pipra punctata, Lath. Ind. Orn., Supp., p. lvi. No. 1.—Shaw, Nat. Mise., p. 111.—Id. Zool.,
vol. x. p. 30.
Speckled Manakin, Lath. Gen. Syn., Supp., vol. ii. p. 253.—Id. Gen. Hist., vol. vii. p, 238.

Habitat. Australia generally.

PARDALOTUS AFFINIS, Gould.
Fig. 2.

Pard. fronte nigro; vertice nigro, singulis plumis lined centrali albd ; lined superciliari flava ad basin
rostri oriente, cum lined albé conjunctd occiput versus tendente ; nuchd dorsoque sordide olivaceo-
fuscis ; uropygio tectricibusque caude flavide olivaceo-fuscis ; alis nigris, primariis nota albd api-
cali ornatis, pluméd tertid albescenti ad marginem externum ; secundariis albo rufoque marginatis ; ala
spurid ad apicem flavd ; caude rectricibus nigrescenti-fuscis transversim albo ad apicem notatis ;
auriculis genisque cinerascentibus ; guld flava ; pectore abdomineque mediis pallide flavis, albo
intermixtis ; lateribus flavide olivaceo-fuscis ; rostro nigro ; pedibus Sfuscis.

Long. tot. 31 unc. ; rostri, 3; ale, 23; caude, 14; tarsi, +3.

Forehead black ; crown of the head black, with a stripe of white down the centre of each feather,
a stripe of yellow commences at the base of the upper mandible and runs above the eye, where it is
joined by a stripe of white, which leads nearly to the occiput ; back of the neck and the back greyish
olive brown; rump and upper tail-coverts yellowish olive brown; wings blackish, each of the pri-
maries having a fine round spot of white near the tip, and the third externally edged with white, the
secondaries margined with white and rufous, and the tips of the spurious wing yellow ; tail blackish
brown, each feather having a transverse mark of white at the tip ; ear-coverts and cheeks grey ; throat
yellow ; middle of the chest and centre of the abdomen light yellow intermixed with white; flanks
yellowish olive brown ; bill black; feet brown.

Pardalotus affinis, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Remark. This species differs from Pardalotus striatus in having a larger bill, a longer wing, and
a longer tarsus, and in the absence of the white margination of the five primaries ; the tips of the
spurious wing in the present species is yellow, while in Pardalotus striatus the same part is scarlet.
I am somewhat disposed to believe that the bird figured by Dr. Latham may be referrible to this spe-
cies, and not to the following.

Habitat. Australia: locality, Van Diemen’s Land.

PARDALOTUS STRIATUS, Temm.
Fig. 3.

Pard. fronte et vertice nigris, hujus plumis lined centrali albd ; strigd superciliart aurantiacd ad basin
rostri oriente, et cum alid albé conjuncté ad occiput tendente ; nuchd dorsoque sordidé olivaceo-
viridibus ; uropygio tectricibusque caude flavescenti-fuscis ; alis nigris, primariis plerisaue ex-
terné ad basin et ad apicem albis ; secundariis albo fuscoque marginatis ; caude rectricibus nigris,

ad apicem albis ; gents lateribusque colli cinerascentibus ; guld pectoreque summo flavis ; lateribus
crissoque brunnescenti-fulvis, ilis flavo tinctis ; rostro nigro ; pedibus fuseis.

Long. tot. 3} une.; rostr?, 3; ale, 25; caude, 1}; tarsi, +}.

Forehead and crown of the head black, the feathers of the latter having a stripe of white down the
centre ; a stripe of deep orange yellow commences at the base of the upper mandible and runs above
the eye, where it is joined by a stripe of white which leads to the occiput ; back of the neck and back
brownish olive grey ; rump and upper tail-coverts yellowish brown; wings black, the external edges
of the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh primaries white at their base and tipped with white ;
secondaries margined with white and reddish brown ; tail black, each feather tipped with white; sides
of the face and neck grey; throat and upper part of the chest yellow; centre of the abdomen white ;
flanks and under tail-coverts brownish buff, the former tinged with yellow ; bill black; feet brown.

Syn. Pardalotus striatus, Temm. Man., part i. p. lxv.—Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv.
p- 237. note.
Pipra striata, Lath. Ind. Orn., p. 558. No. 13.—Gmel. Syst., vol. i. p. 1003.
Striped-headed Manakin, Lath. Gen. Syn., vol. iv. p. 526. pl. 54.—Id., Supp., p. 188.—Shaw,
Zool., vol. x. p. 29. pl. 4.—Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. vii. p. 237. pl. 109. ?
Pardalotus ornatus, Temm. Pl. Col. 394. fig. 1.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

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PLATYCERCUS FLAVEOLUS, Gould.
Fig. 1.

Plat. fronte coccineo ; buccis pallidé ceruleis ; summo capite, nuchd, et dorso, uropygio, tectricibus
caude superioribus, corporeque inferné pallidée flavidis, plumis dorsi parteque inferiori tectricum
ale majorum centris nigris externe flavescentibus ; alis mediis cyaners ; ald spured primariisque
externé ad basin saturate violaceis ; reliquis primarium saturate brunneis ; rectricibus duabus
intermediis caude ad basin viridiscentibus ad apicem ceruleis, reliquis rectricum ad basin ex-
teriorem saturate coruleis, apicibus pallidioribus, plumis interné feré per totam longitudinem
brunneis, apicibus extremis albis ; rostro livido ; pedibus fuscis.

Long. tot. 134 unc.; ale, 7; caud@, 74; tarsi, 3.

Forehead crimson ; cheeks light blue; crown of the head, back of the neck, back, rump, upper tail-
coverts, and all the under surface pale yellow, the feathers of the back being black in the centre and
pale yellow on their outer edges ; middle of the wing pale blue; spurious wing and the outer web of
the basal portion of the primaries deep violet blue, the remainder of the primaries dark brown; two
central tail-feathers tinted with green at the base, passing into blue towards the tip ; the remaining fea-
thers have the basal portion of their outer webs deep blue, passing into very pale blue towards their
tips, the inner webs brown for a greater or less portion of their length, the extreme tips of all being
white; bill light horn colour; feet dark brown.

Platycercus flaveolus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.
Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales.

PLATYCERCUS FLAVIVENTRIS, Vig. & Horsf.
Fig. 2.

Plat. fronte coccined ; summo capite et nuchd flavidis, plumis singulis margine extremo brunneo ; spatio
anfraorbitali obscure coccineo ; buccis cyaneis ; dorso scapularibusque atris nitore olivaceo, plumis
singulis margine virido ; alis mediis ceruleis ; primariis externée ad basin ceruleis, plumis re-
liquis brunneo-nigrescentibus ; uropygio et rectricibus duabus caude intermediis viridescentibus,
reliquis rectricum saturate ceruleis, apicibus pallidioribus ; corporé inferné flavido ; rostro livido ;
pedibus fuscis.

Long. tot. 13 unc.; ale, 73; caude, 8; tarsi, 1.

Forehead crimson ; crown of the head and back of the neck pale yellow, each feather very slightly
margined with brown; space under the eye dull crimson ; cheeks blue ; back and shoulders dark olive
black, each feather edged with green; middle of the wings blue; the basal half of the primaries blue
on their external edges, the remainder blackish brown; rump and two middle tail-feathers green, the
remainder of the tail-feathers dark blue at the base, lighter towards the tip; under surface yellow ;
bill flesh-colour ; feet greyish brown.

Syn. Psittacus flaviventris, Temm. in Linn. Trans., vol. xiii. pp. 116-118.
Psittacus Brownii, Kuhl. Nova Acta, &c., vol. 10. p. 56. no. 90.
Perruche a large queue, Le Vaill. Hist. Nat. des Perr., pl. 80.
Van Diemen’s Parrot ?, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. ii. p. 130. no. 33.
Platycercus flaviventris, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 281.
Sulphur-headed Parrot ?, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. ii. p. 133. no. 35.
New Caledonian Parrot ?, Lath. Ib., vol. ii. p. 173. no. 86.
Psittacus Caledonicus ?, Lath. Ind. Orn., vol. i. p. 102. —Gmel. Linn., vol. i. p. 328.
Caledonian Parrot?, Lath. Gen. Syn., vol. i. p. 248.
Remark. The adults of both sexes are very similar, but a considerable difference exists in birds of

different ages, the young of the year being greenish olive with a slight tinge of blue on the cheeks,
wings, and outer tail-feathers, and a faint indication of the red mark on the forehead. As they advance

in age they gradually assume the plumage of the adult, which is not fully accomplished until the
second or third year.

There appears to be so much confusion respecting this bird, that we have thought it best to adopt
M. Temminck’s name of flaviventris, although we have little doubt that the Pséttacus Caledonicus of
Lath. as well as most of the other synonyms refer to the same bird.

Habitat. Australia: locality, Van Diemen’s Land.

PLATYCERCUS PALLICEPS, Vig.
Fig. 3.

Plat. capite dilate flavo ; nucha et dorso scapularibusque saturatioribus, plumis scapularium centris ni-
gris; buccis albescentibus ; uropygio, tectricibus caude superioribus flavide albis, ceeruleo pallidé
lavatis ; scapulis leté ceruleis ; ald media pallidé ceruled ; primariis externé ad basin saturate
ceruleis, apicibus pallidioribus, interné ad basin brunneis ; pectore abdomineque pallidé viridi-
ceruleis ; tectricibus caude inferioribus coccineis ; rectricibus caude duis intermediis ad baseos
eos viridi-olivaceis, apicibus cerulescentibus, reliquis rectricum externé et ad basin saturate ceruleis,
apicibus pallidioribus, partibus interioribus rectricum saturate brunneis, apicibus externis plumarum
caude albis ; rostro livido ; pedibus fuscis.

Long. tot. 123 unc.; ale, 6}; caude, 63; tarsi, 3.

Crown of the head very pale yellow, passing into a richer tint on the back of the neck, the back, and
scapularies, these latter feathers being black in the centre; cheeks whitish ; ramp and upper tail-
coverts yellowish white with a tinge of blue; shoulders rich deep blue; middle of the wing light
blue; primaries deep blue at the base, paler towards the tip, the inner webs brown at the base; chest.
and abdomen light greenish blue ; under tail-coverts scarlet; two middle tail-feathers olive green at
the base merging into light blue towards the tip, the outer webs of the remaining feathers deep blue
at the base, becoming lighter towards the tip, and the inner webs dark brown; all the feathers tipped
with white ; bill horn colour; feet dark brown.

Platycercus palliceps, Vig. in Lear. Ill. Psitt., pl. 19.

Remark. In some specimens the lower feathers of the cheeks are tipped with blue, while in others
it is so faint as to be scarcely perceptible. '

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

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PLATYCERCUS IGNITUS, Leadb.
Fig. 1.

Plat. capite summo, auriculis, uropygio, pectore, corporeque subtis coccineis ; buecis albis ; plumis
singulis dorsi ad mediam nigris, marginibus coccineo et Slavo intermixtis ; ald media ceruled,
primariis quintis ad basin albis, apicibus brunneis ; rectricibus quatuor intermediis albis coccineo

allidé tinctis ; rectricibus reliquis ceruleis, ad basin albis, ad apicem albescentibus ;_ rostro
livido ; pedibus saturate fuscis.

Long. tot. 12 une. ; ale, 6; caude, 62; tarsi, 3.

Crown of the head, ear-coverts, rump, chest, and under surface scarlet; cheeks white; feathers
of the back black in the centre, margined all round with red and yellow ; centre of the wing blue ;
basal half of the first five primaries white terminated with brown; four middle tail-feathers white
slightly tinged with scarlet; the rest of the tail-feathers white at the base, with the remaining portion
delicate blue, and slightly tipped with white; bill horn colour ; feet dark brown.

Platycercus ignitus, Leadbeater, in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.
Habitat. Australia.

PLATYCERCUS EXIMIUS, Vig. & Horsf.
Fig. 2.

Plat. summo capite, collo, pectore, crissoque coccineis ; genis albis; dorsi plumis in medio nigris, splen-
didé flavo ad marginem circumdatis ; wropygio, tectricibus caude, abdomineque inferiore pallidé
viridescentibus ; abdomine medio flavo ; humeris alisque medits splendide ceeruleis ; primariis fuscis,
ad marginem externam cerulescentibus ; caude plumis duabus intermediis viridibus, ad apicem pal-
lidé ceerulescentibus ; plumis caude reliquis intensé ceerulescentibus ad basin, dein in medio palli-
dioribus, et ad apicem albis ; rostro corneo ; pedibus brunneis.

Long. tot. 123 unc. ; ale, 64; caude, 7; tarsi, 3.

Crown of the head, back of the neck, chest, and under tail-coverts scarlet ; cheeks white ; feathers
of the back black, margined all round with rich yellow; rump, upper tail-coverts, and lower part of
the belly pale green; centre of the belly yellow; shoulders and middle of the wing rich blue ; external
edges of the primaries blue, the remainder of these feathers dark brown; two middle tail-feathers
green, passing into bluish green at the tip, the remainder of the tail-feathers dark blue at the base,
passing into light blue, and tipped with white ; bill horn eolour; feet brown.

Syn. Psittacus eximius, Shaw, Nat. Mise., pl. 96.—Zool. of New Holl., t. 1—Kuhl. Consp. Psitt. in

Nov. Act., &c., vol. x. p. 54. No. 87.—Lath. Ind. Orn., Suppl., p. xxi.

Perruche omnicolore, Le Vaill., Hist. Nat. des Perr., p. 29. pl. 28.

Nonpareil Parrot, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. ii. p. 138. No. 41.—Id. Gen. Syn., Suppl., p. 85.—
Shaw, Zool., vol. viii. p. 411. pls. 57, 58.

Platycercus eximius, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 281.—Wagl. Mon. Psitt. in
Abhand., &e., p. 530.

Lori-Perruche de la Mer du Sud, Sonn. Edit. de Buff.

Psittacus capitatus, Shaw, Zool., vol. viii. p. 466.

Habitat. Australia generally.

PLATYCERCUS ICTEROTIS, Wagl.
Fig. 3.

Plat. capite summo, nuchd, pectore, corporeque inferiore coccineis ; genis femoribusque flavis ; plumis
dorsalibus nigris flavo cinctis; wropygio tectricibusque caude viridescenti-flavis ; humeris et pogo-
nits primarium externis caeruleis ; pogoniis internis apicibusque nigrescenti-fuscis ; rectricibus caude
duabus intermediis flavescenti-viridibus, reliquis pallidé ceruleis, ad basin intensioribus viridique
tinctis ; rostro corneo ; pedibus fuscis.

Long. tot. 102 unc.; ale, 54; caude, 52; tarsi, 3.

Crown of the head and back of the neck, chest, and all the under surface scarlet ; cheeks and thighs
yellow; feathers of the back black bordered with yellow ; rump and upper tail-coverts greenish yellow ;
Shoulders and outer edges of the primaries blue, the inner webs and tips of the latter blackish brown;
two middle tail-feathers yellowish green; the remaining feathers light blue, with the basal portion of a
darker blue tinged with green ; bill horn colour; feet dark brown.

Syn. Psittacus icterotis, Kuhl. Consp. Psitt. in Nova Acta, &c., p. 54. No. 86.—Temm. in Linn.
Trans., vol. xiii. p. 120.
Platycercus Stanleyii, Vig. in Zool. Journ. 1830, p. 274.
icterotis, Wagl. Mon. Psitt. in Abhand., &c., p. 530.

Habitat. Australia: localities, New South Wales, King George’s Sound, &c.

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NANODES VENUSTUS, Vig. & Horsf.
Fig. 1.

Nan. vittd ceruled frontali, supra metallicé caeruleo angusté marginata ; loris linedque supra poneque
oculos splendide flavis ; vertice, dorso, wropygio, tectricibus caude, guld, pectore, lateribusque oli-
vaceo-viridibus ; humeris tectricibusque alarum intense ceruleis; primariis nigris, tribus vel
quatuor primis ad marginem viridi lavatis ; abdomine medio crissoque flavis ; rectricibus caude
quatuor intermediis viridescenti-ceruleis, reliquis ad basin externé ceeruleis flavo terminatis ; rostro
pedibusque fuscis.

Long. tot. 81 une.; ale, 44; caude, 5; tarsi, 3.

A conspicuous bar of deep indigo blue across the forehead, bordered above by a narrow edging of
light metallic blue; lores, and a stripe above and behind the eye, rich yellow; crown of the head,
back, rump, upper tail-coverts, throat, chest, and flanks brownish olive green; shoulders and wing-
coverts deep blue; primaries black, the outer edges of the first three or four slightly tinged with
green; centre of the abdomen and under tail-coverts yellow ; four middle tail-feathers greenish blue,
the basal portions of the remainder beautiful blue on their outer edges, and largely tipped with fine
yellow; bill and feet brown.

Syn. Psittacus venustus, Temm. in Linn. Trans., vol. xiii. p. 121.

—-— chrysostomus, Kuhl. Consp. Psitt. in Nov. Act., &c., vol. x. p. 50. No. 78. t. 1.
Blue-banded Parrot, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. ii. p. 188.
Nanodes venustus, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 278.

Remark. The female or young of this species I have not been able satisfactorily to determine ; but
judging from specimens in my possession, they approach very nearly to the female of the preceding,
with this exception, that there is a slight indication of the bar on the forehead.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

NANODES ELEGANS, Gould.
Fig. 2.

Mas. Nan. vittd frontali purpured, supra lined metallicé ceruled marginatd ad auriculas tendente ;
loro splendide flavo ; capite, genis, dorso, tectricibusque caude olivaceo-viridibus aureo lavatis ;
humeris ceruleis, primariis nigris, primis quatuor ad marginem viridescentibus ; secundariis ald-
que spurid nigris ; guld pectoreque viridescenti-flavis, hdc colore in flavum, abdomine crissoque
transeunte; abdomine centrali pallidé aurantiaco ; rectricibus caude duabus intermediis virides-
centi-ceruleis, reliquis ad basin cceruleis, ample flavo terminatis ; rostro pedibusque intense fuscis.

Fam. vel MAS JUNIOR vittam frontalem caret, et colorem habet indistinctiorem.

Long. tot. 9 une. ; ale, 43; caude, 53; tarsi, 4.

Mate. A conspicuous bar of deep indigo blue across the forehead, bordered above by a narrow
edging of light metallic blue, which is continued over the eye to the ear-coverts; space between the
bill and the eye rich yellow ; head, cheeks, and back, and upper tail-coverts olive green with a golden
tinge; shoulders blue, primaries, secondaries, and spurious wing black ; outer edges of the four first
quills slightly tinged with green ; throat and chest greenish yellow passing into bright yellow on the
abdomen and under tail-coverts; centre of the abdomen pale orange; two middle tail-feathers
greenish blue, the remainder blue at the base and largely tipped with yellow; bill and feet dark

brown.
FEMALE or younc. Wants the bar on the forehead, and has only a faint indication of the other

markings.
Nanodes elegans, Gould in Proe. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.
Habitat. Australia: localities, New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land ?

NANODES PULCHELLUS, Vig. & Horsf.
Fig. 3.
Mas. Nan. lined superciliari, genis, humeris, tectricibusque alarum minoribus, metallicé viridescenti-

ceruleis ; vertice, nuchd, corpore superiore lateribusque nitidé olivaceo-viridibus; ad originem
alarum noté castaned ; primariis secundariisque externé ceruleis, interné fuscis ; pectore, abdo-

mine medio, crissoque flavis ; rectricibus caud@ quatuor intermediis viridibus, reliquis ad basin
viridibus, ample flavo terminatis ; rostro pedibusque intense fuscis.
Fam. vel MAs JuNIOR coloribus obscurioribus solummodo differt, loroque pallide olivaceo-flavo.

Long. tot. 8 unc.; ale, 43 ; caud@, 43; tarsi, 4.

Mate. Forehead, stripe over the eye, cheeks, shoulders, and lesser wing-coverts rich metallic
greenish blue; crown of the head, back of the neck, upper surface and flanks bright olive green;
a bright spot of chestnut red at the insertion of the wings ; primaries and secondaries deep blue on
their outer webs, and blackish brown on the inner; chest, centre of the abdomen, and under tail-
coverts rich yellow; four middle tail-feathers green, the remainder green at the base and largely
tipped with yellow; bill and feet dark brown.

FEMALE or youne. A faint indication of olive yellow between the bill and the eye; and the same
distribution of colours as the male, but the whole very obscure.

Syn. Psittacus pulchellus, Shaw, Nat. Misc., pl. 96.—Kuhl. Consp. Psitt. in Nov. Act. &c., vol. x.
p- 50. No. 79.—Swains. Zool. Ill., 1st Ser., pl. 73, female-——Lath. Gen. Hist.,
vol. ii. p. 185. No. 104.—Id. Ind. Orn., Suppl., p. xxi—Shaw, Zool., vol. viii.
p- 470.
Turcosine Parrot, Lath. Gen. Syn., Suppl., vol. ii. p. 89.
Nanodes pulchellus, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 277.

Habitat. Australia: locality, Van Diemen’s Land.

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MELIPHAGA CHRYSOPS, Vig. § Horsf.
Big. 1.

Mel. summo capite, nuchd, corpore supra, alis, cauddque saturate brunneis olivaceo pallide dinctis 3 gud
corporeque subtus cano-fuscis ; lined angustd nigra a rostro ad oculum excurrente 3 tifra eam lined
laté flava ad auriculam extendente, subtus eam lined alterd nigra magnitudine precedentis ; punctd
flava super oculum, macula alteré parva alba pone auriculas ; rostro nigrescente ; pedibus fuscis.

Long. tot. 64 une.; rostri, 3; ale, 3}; caude, 3; tarsi, }.

Crown of the head, back of the neck, all the upper surface, wings, and tail dark brown with a slight
tinge of olive; throat and under surface dark greyish brown, the latter colour predominating on the
chest; a fine line of black runs from the nostrils through the eye, this black line is bounded below by
a stripe of yellow which runs under the eye and over the ear-coverts, and below this runs another
parallel line of black, which commences at the base of the lower mandible and extends beyond the line
of the ear-coverts ; immediately above the eye behind is a small spot of yellow, and behind the ear-
coverts a like spot of white; bill blackish brown ; feet brown.

Syn. Sylvia chrysops, Lath. Ind. Orn., Supp., p. liv. No. 5.
Black-cheeked Honey-eater, Lath. Gen. Syn., Supp., vol. ii. p. 248.—Id. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 196.
Meliphaga chrysops, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 315.—Jard. and Selb. Ill.
Orns, vol. i. pl. xxxv. fig. 1.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

MELIPHAGA AURICOMIS, Swains.
Fig. 2.

Mel. summo capite et guld olivaceo-flavis ; vittd lata nigra a rostro oriente per oculum ambiente et pore
auriculas extendente ; lateribus colli plumisque elongatis pone auriculas leté flavis ; corpore supe-
riore, alis, cauddque saturate brunneis olivaceo tinctis, hoc colore in partibus inferioribus dilutiore ;
rostro pedibusque nigris.

Long. tot. 7 une.; rostri, 2; ale, 3; caude, 34; tarsi, 3.

Crown of the head and throat rich olive yellow ; a black line commences at the base of the bill, sur-
rounds the eye, and extends over the ear-coverts ; behind the ears springs a lengthened tuft of rich
orange-coloured feathers ; upper surface, wings, and tail dark brown with a tinge of olive; chest and
under surface olive brown; bill and feet black.

Syn. Muscicapa auricomis, Lath. Ind. Orn., Supp., p. xlix. No. 1.—Shaw, Zool., vol. x. p. 354.
LP? Héoro-taire a oreilles jaunes, Vieill. Ois. dor., tom. ii. p. 123. pl. 85.
Tufted-eared Creeper, Certhia auriculata, Shaw, Zool., vol. viii. p. 236.
Yellow-tufied Flycatcher, Lath. Gen. Syn., Supp., vol. ii. p. 215.
Tufted-eared Honey-Eater, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 197. No. 56.
Meliphaga auricomis, Swains. Zool. Il., Ist Ser., pl. 45.—Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans.,
vol. xv. p. 315.

Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales.

MELIPHAGA FUSCA, Gould.
, Fig. 3.

Mel. corpore supra cano-fusco olivaceo tincto ; lined parva nigra circa oculum ambiente ; plumis
auricularibus nigro-fuscis, post eas linea transversa flava ; guld, pectore corporeque subtus fusco
cinerascentibus ; rostro ad basin livido ad apicem nigro ; pedibus fuscis.

Long. tot. 64 unc. ; rostri, 2; ale, 31; caude, 23; tarsi, 3.

The whole of the upper surface greyish brown with a tinge of olive ; a very fine ring of black fea-
thers surrounds the eye; ear-coverts blackish brown; behind the ear a small patch of yellow ; throat,
a” and under surface light greyish brown; bill flesh colour at the base and black at the tip ; feet
brown.

Meliphaga fusca, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Remark. Although I have published this bird as a distinct species, further research may prove it to
be either the female or a young bird of some other species ; probably of Meliphaga chrysops.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

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ACANTHORHYNCHUS SUPERCILIOSUS, Gould.
Fig. 1.

Ac. summo capite, corpore superiore, alis, caudeque rectricibus sex intermediis cinerascenti-fuscis,
rectricibus reliquis nigris albo ample terminatis ; loro plumisque auricularibus nigrescenti-fuscis ;
gutture summo, genis, linedque superciliart albis, gutture colloque nitidée et pallide castaneis,
allius colore vittd albé infra circumdato, cui vitta nigra accedit ; abdomine crissoque pallide
cinerascenti-fuscis ; rostro pedibusque nigris.

Long. tot 54 unc.; rostri, 13; ale, 24; caude, 241; tarsi, 3.

Crown of the head, all the upper surface, wings, and six middle tail-feathers greyish brown, the
remainder of the tail-feathers black largely tipped with white; space between the bill and the eye,
and the ear-coverts blackish brown ; upper part of the throat, cheeks, and stripe over the eye white ;
throat and back part of the neck rich light chestnut brown, the chestnut of the former hounded below
by a band of white, which is succeeded by another band of black; abdomen and under tail-coverts
light greyish brown; bill and feet black.

Acanthorhynchus superciliosus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837, with Gren. Cuar.

Habitat. Australia: locality, Van Diemen’s Land.

ACANTHORHYNCHUS TENUIROSTRIS.
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Ac. capite summo nitidée viridescenti-nigro ; loro, plumis auricularibus, lunuld in utroque pectoris
latere, primariis, rectricibusque caud@ sex intermediis nigris, rectricibus caude nigris ad apicem
albis ; nuchd castaneo-rufa ; dorso superiore castaneo-fusco ; secundariis, tectricibus ale majori-
bus, uropygro tectricibusque caude@ cinerascentibus ; guld, genis, et pectore albis, gule plumis in
medio castaneis ; abdomine, lateribus, crissoque pallide castaneis ; rostro pedibusque nigris.

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Long. tot. 6 une.; rostri, 14; ale, 232; caude, 24; tarsi, 3.

Crown of the head shining greenish black ; space between the bill and the eye, ear-coverts, lunated
band on the sides of the chest, primaries, and six middle tail-feathers black, the remainder of the tail-
feathers black largely tipped with white; back of the neck rufous chestnut, passing into chestnut
brown on the upper part of the back; secondaries, great wing-coverts, rump, and upper tail-coverts
grey ; throat, cheeks, and chest white, the first with a patch of chestnut brown in the centre; abdo-
men, flanks and under tail-coverts light chestnut brown; bill and feet black.

Certhia tenuirostris, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl, p. xxxvi. No. 5.

Le Cap noir, Vieill. Ois. Dor., tom. ii. p. 94. pl. 60.

Slender-billed Honey Eater, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 194. No. 52. pl. 72.
Hooded Creeper, Shaw, Zool., vol. viii. p. 109.

Slender-billed Creeper, Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. vol. ii. p. 165. pl. 129.
Meliphaga tenuirostris, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 317.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

ACANTHORHYNCHUS DUBIUS, Gould.
Fig. 5.

Ac. summo capite intense cinerascenti-viridi ; loro, plumis auricularibus, lunuld in utroque pectoris
latere, rectribusque caud@ sex intermediis nigrescenti-fuscis, rectricibus reliquis nigris ad apicem
albis ; nucha obscure rufa ; secundariis, tectricibus ale majoribus, et uropygio cinereis ; guld pec-
toreque cinerascenti-albis illa rufo tinctad ; abdomine crissoque nitide at pallidée castaneis ; rostro
pedibusque nigris.

Long. tot 54 une.; rostri, 1; ale, 2%; caude, 21; tarsi, 3.

Crown of the head dark greyish green; space between the bill and the eye, ear-coverts, lunated
mark on the sides of the chest, and six middle tail-feathers blackish brown, the remainder of the tail
black largely tipped with white; hind part of the neck dull rufous; secondaries, greater wing-coverts,
and rump grey; throat and chest greyish white; the former strongly tinted with rufous brown; ab-
domen and under tail-coverts rich light chestnut brown ; bill and feet black.

Acanthorhynchus dubius, Gould in Proe. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Remark. Although I have given the name of dubius to this species on account of his close resem-
blance to Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris, I have but little doubt that it will ultimately prove to be
distinct.

Habitat. Australia: locality, Van Diemen’s Land.

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COTURNIX AUSTRALIS, Temm.

Cot. sincipite, loro, guldque griseo-albis, stramineo lavatis ; partibus superioribus faseis strtis transver-
salibus delicatulis, griseis, nigris et castaneis, plumis singulis dorsi strigd tenui centrali ; scapulis
griseo-fuscis ; alis fuscis obscuris canis brunneis nigrisque ; remigibus primariis fuscis griseo
brunneo notatis ; partibus inferioribus stramineo-canis, plumis omnibus lineis frequentibus inter-
ruptis, pluribus lined tenui centrali albé ; rostro brunneo ; pedibus carneis.

Long. tot. 64 unc.; rostri, 4; ale, 2; tarsi, $.

Forehead, space between the bill and the eye, and the throat greyish white with a tinge of buff ;
all the upper surface irregularly marked with beautiful transverse bars of grey, black, and chestnut,
each feather on the back having a fine stripe down the centre ; shoulders greyish brown, the remainder
of the wing marked with obscure transverse lines of grey, brown, and black ; primaries brown, mottled
on their external edges with greyish brown; all the under surface bufty grey, each feather having
numerous zigzag markings of black, and many of them having a very fine line of white down the
centre; bill brown; feet flesh colour.

Syn. Coturnix Australis, Temm. Pig. et Gall., tom. iii. p. 474.—Labill. Voy. a la recherche de La
Peyr., vol. i. p. 177.
Perdix Australis, Lath. Ind. Orn., Supp., p. Lxii.
New Holland Quail, Lath. Gen. Syn. Supp., vol. ii. p. 283.—Gen.Hist., vol. viii. p. 306. No. 47 -
Remark. This species may at all times be distinguished from the rest of the genus by the minute
and uniform character of its markings, although this character is more strongly developed in some

specimens than in others. In some the black markings predominate over the lighter: these in all
probability are either females or young birds of the year.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

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COTURNIX PECTORALIS, Gould.
Fig. 1.

Cot. loro, auriculis guldque fulvis ; summo capite nuchdque saturate brunneis, linets duabus stramineis
super oculum; lined stramined a rostro ad nucham excurrente ; nucha brunned, plumis singulis
lanceolata centrali stramined, et ad latera nigro guttatis ; dorso tectricibusque superioribus caude
fuscis, lineis angularibus nigris transversim notatis, strigdque lanceolata central stramined ; alis
fuscis lineis angularibus griseis et nigris transversim fasciatis ; remigibus primartis eum macula
pectorali nigris ; lateribus pectoris brunneis ; abdomine albo, plumis singulis lined centrali nigra ;
lateribus corporis saturate brunneis, plumis singulis strigis tribus, quarum exteriores nigre sunt,
intermedia albé ; rostro nigrescenti ; pedibus fusco-carneis.

Long. tot. 62 unc.; rostri, 4; ale, 34; tarsi, 4.

Space between the bill and the eye, ear-coverts, and throat buff; crown of the head and back of
the neck deep brown; over each eye two parallel lines of yellowish white ; a similar line down the
centre of the head from the forehead to the nape ; back of the neck brown, each feather marked down
its centre with a lanceolate mark of yellowish white, blotched on each side with black ; mantle, back,
and upper tail-coverts brown, transversely rayed with zigzag markings of black, and striped down the
centre with lanceolate markings of yellowish white ; wings brown, transversely rayed with zigzag lines
of grey and black ; primaries and centre of the chest black ; sides of the chest brown ; abdomen white,
each feather marked down its centre with black; flanks rich brown, the centre of each feather white
bounded on either side by a fine line of black ; bill blackish brown ; feet fleshy brown.

Coturnix pectoralis, Gould in Proce. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.
Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

COTURNIX NOVAS-ZELANDIZ, Quoy et Gaim.
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Mas. Cot. capite corporeque superiore brunneis, singulis plumis nigro maculatis strigdque alba longi-
tudinali in medio excurrente; nota ad basin rostri, plumis auricularibus, et gutture, rufescenti-
fuscis ; pectore abdomineque nigro et rufescenti-brunneo maculatis ; lateribus nigro brunneoque
ornatis singulis plumis lined alba centrali notatis ; crisso pallide brunneo, nigro notato ; re-
migibus fuscis ; rostro nigrescenti-brunneo ; pedibus pallidé brunneis.

Fam. a mare differt, loro guldque subaibidis ; pectore abdomineque obscuré albis, plumis singulis
abdominis fascia nigra cinctis.

Long. tot. 7 une. ; rostri, 4; ale, 445 tarsi, 1.

Mate. Crown of the head and all the upper surface brown, each feather strongly blotched with
black, and having a fine white stripe down the centre ; space between the bill and the eye, ear-coverts,
and throat rufous brown; chest and abdomen mottled with black and light reddish brown ; feathers of
the flanks irregularly marked with black and brown, and striped down the centre with white ; under
ae light brown, spotted with black ; primaries dark brown; bill blackish brown; feet light
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Femave. Differs from the male in having the throat, and the space between the bill and the eye
pale buffy white, and the feathers of the chest and belly dirty white, each feather of the latter being
surrounded near the edge by a band of black.

In the Museums of the Zoological Society and King’s College, London.
Coturniz Nove-Zelandie, Quoy et Gaim., D’Urville, Voy. de Il’Astrolabe, 1833.
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HEMIPODIUS MELANOTUS, Gould.

Hem. capite nigro, plumis apicibus brunneis ; loro, lined supra-oculari, buccisque, pallide flavo-brun-
neis; plumis buccarum apicibus extremis nigris ; nucha letée castaneo-rufd, plumis singulis fascia
lata nigra centrali linedque cervind ad latera externa; dorso superiore uropygio et tectricibus caude
superioribus nigris, singulis plumis brunneo minute variegatis, nee non maculis obscure fulvis
caude tectricibus externe, et alarum tectricibus majoribus minoribusque stramineis, harum plumis
singulis macula nigra centrali; rectricibus brunneis ; guld albescenti ; collo anticé pectoreque
saturate stramineis ; lateribus colli et corporis pallidé stramineis, vittd oblongd transversd nigra
centrali ; abdomine tectricibusque inferioribus caude flavo-albidis ; rostro pedibusque fuscis.

Long. tot. 64 unc.; rostri, £; ale, 31; caudae, }; tarsi, 3.

Crown of the head black, each feather fringed with brown at the tip; space between the bill and
the eye, stripe over the eye, and cheeks, light yellowish brown, the feathers of the latter slightly
tipped with black; back of the neck rich chestnut red; seapularies deep chestnut red, with a large
transverse black mark in the centre of each feather, and a longitudinal stripe of fawn yellow on their
outer edges ; rump and upper tail-coverts black, each feather freckled with fine markings of brown
with indistinct spots of buff on the external edges of the upper tail-coverts ; greater and lesser wing-
coverts buff yellow, each feather having a spot of black in the centre; primaries brown; throat
whitish ; front of the neck and chest deep buff; sides of the neck and flanks light buff, with an ob-
long spot of black transversely disposed in the centre of each feather ; centre of the abdomen and
under tail-coverts buffy white ; bill and feet brown.

Hemipodius melanotus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Remark. On comparing this bird with Hemipodius maculosus I find it less in all its admeasure-
ments, and although a nearly allied species, it is in my opinion quite distinct: Hem. maculosus
moreover is a native of India, and not of New South Wales.

In the Collection of King’s College, London.

Habitat. Australia: locality, Van Diemen’s Land.

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HEMIPODIUS VARIUS, Temm.
Fig. 1.

Hem. capite nuchdque leté brunneis, albo maculatis, fasctis magnis Juseis ; buccis linedque supra oculum
albis plumis ad apicem nigris ; guld cano-fused ; lateribus colli et dorso rufo-brunneis ; dorso infe-
riore, uropygio, et tectricibus caude, fasciis castaneo-rufis et nigris alternatis, dorso seapulisque
lineis nigris et albis notatis ; alis rufis, plumes singulis albo maculatis, postice macula nigra 5
remigibus primaribus brunneis ; pectore lateribusque olivaceis, plumis singulis macula triangular
ad apicem flavescenti-albd ; abdomine tectricibusque caude inferioribus flavo-albidis ; rostro
pullide olivaceo-fusco ; pedibus pallide carneis.

Long. tot. 8 une. ; rostrt, $ ; ale, 4; caude, 13; tarsi, 3.

Crown of the head, nape, and forehead rich brown, spotted with white, and transversely rayed with
large markings of brown ; feathers of the cheeks and a stripe over each eye white, slightly fringed with
black at their tips; throat greyish white ; back and sides of the neck and mantle rich rufous brown ;
feathers of the back, rump, and upper tail-coverts transversely rayed with chestnut-red and black,
the former and the scapularies striped laterally with black and white ; wings rufous, each feather
spotted with white, which is bounded posteriorly with an irregular spot of black ; primaries brown ;
chest and flanks olive, each feather having a triangular yellowish white spot at the tip ; centre of the
abdomen and under tail-coverts yellowish white ; bill light olive brown; legs light brown.

Syn. Perdix varia, Lath. Ind. Orn., Supp., p. Lxiil.
New Holland Partridge, Lath. Gen. Syn., Supp., vol. ii. p. 283.
Varied Quail, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. viii. p. 344. No. 88.
Hemipodius varius, Temm. Pl. Col., 454. f. 1.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

HEMIPODIUS MELANOGASTER, Gould.

Hem. capite, auriculis, gula abdomineque nigris ; lined super oculum oriente et ad nucham excurrente,
plumis singulis maculd ad apicem alba; nuche plumis nigris et castaneis, maculis pluribus
albis ; dorso superiore castaneo-fusco, plumis singulis maculd albd, lineis duabus nigris cum
fascia unicd nigra apicali; scapulis, tectricibus primariis secundariisque rufo-brunneis, plunis
singulis macula alba nigro circumdatd ; remigibus primariis saturate brunneis ; femoribus et tec-
tricibus superioribus et inferioribus caude brunneis nigro fasciatis et irroratis ; rostro pallide
brunneo ; pedibus carneis.

Long. tot. 84 une.; rostri, 1; ale, 44; caude, 13; tarsi, 1}.

Crown of the head, ear-coverts, throat, and centre of the abdomen black; over each eye extends a
line of feathers having each a small white spot at the tip; this line extends to the nape, which part is
also thickly spotted with white on a black and chestnut-coloured ground; feathers on the sides of the
chest and flanks black, having a large crescent-shaped marking of white near the tip; mantle and
_ upper part of the back rich chestnut brown, each feather having a spot of white and a stripe of black

on each side, and barred with black at or near the tip; shoulders, greater and lesser wing-coverts
rufous brown, each feather having a white spot surrounded with a black line; primaries dark brown ;

thighs and upper and under tail-coverts brown freckled and crossed with black; bill light brown; feet
flesh colour.

Hemipodius melanogaster, Gould in Proce. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Remark. The present bird exceeds all other known species in size, and is not inferior in the richness
and beauty of its colouring to any of its allies.

In the Collection of the Zoological Society of London, and in the Museum of King’s College.
Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales or Van Diemen’s Land.

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/EGIALITIS NIGRIFRONS.
Fig. 1.

Zig. fronte strigdque pone oculos per plumas auriculares ad nucham tendente, fascidque pectorali, NIgrrs ;
strigd superciliari ad nucham ductd, et super vittam nigram, alba ; vertice, dorso, tertialibus, aldque
media fuscis ; scapularibus intensé castaneis ; tectricibus ale majoribus albis, primariis nigris ;
gula, abdomine, crissoque albis ; rectricibus caude duabus intermediis ad basin fuscis, ad apicem
nigris ; tribus proximis ad basin albis, in fusco transeuntibus, et albo terminatis, reliquis albis ;
rostro ad basin aurantiaco, ad apicem nigro ; pedibus aurantiacis.

Long. tot. 64 une.; rostri, 3; ale, 44; caude, 2}; tarsi, 1.

Forehead, a stripe commencing at the eye passing over the ear-coverts and round the back of
the neck, and a broad band crossing the chest and advancing somewhat down the centre of the breast,
black ; a stripe of white passes over each eye and continues round the back of the neck, separating
the black band from the crown, which with the back, the long tertials, and the middle of the wing are
brown; scapularies deep chestnut ; tips of the greater coverts white, forming an obscure band across
the wing ; primaries black ; throat, abdomen, and under tail-coverts white ; two middle tail-feathers
brown at the base and black at the tip; the next three on each side white at the base gradually passing
into blackish brown and largely tipped with white, the remainder entirely white; bill orange at the
base and black at the tip; feet orange.

Syn. Charadrius nigrifrons, Cuv. in Mus. Paris—Temm. Pl. Cel., 47. fig. 1—Wagl. Syst. Av.,
sp. 20.
melanops, Vieill., Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat., p. 139.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

AAGIALITIS MONACHUS.
Fig. 2.

4g. capite, collo anticé fascidque dorsali fuliginoso-atris ; nuché corporeque subtus albis ; dorso scapula-
ribus tertiariisque cano-fuscis ; ald media, pogoniisinternis primarium ad basin secundariisque albis ;
pogoniis primarium externé internéque, parte basali excepta, nigris 3 rectricibus caud@ duabus in-
termediis nigris, tribus sequentibus externis ad apicem et ad basin albis, parte centrali nigra, rec-
tricibus reliquis albis ; rostro ad basin aurantiaco, ad apicem nigro ; pedibus aurantiacis.

Long. tot. 81 unc.; rostri, 3; ale, 51;

Head, fore part of the neck, and a band across the upper part of the back sooty black ; back of the
neck and all the under surface white ; back, shoulders, and tertials greyish brown; centre of the wing
and the basal portion of the internal webs of the primaries and secondaries white, the rest black; two
middle tail-feathers black; the three next on each side white at the base and tip and black in the centre ;

the remaining feathers wholly white; bill orange at the base and black at the tip; legs orange.

Syn. Charadrius Monachus, Geoff. in Mus. Paris —Wagl. Syst. Av., sp. 15.
cucullatus, Vieill.. Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat., p. 136.

Habitat. Australia.

caude@, 24; tarsi, 1.

ALGIALITIS BICINCTUS.
Fig. 3.

Eig. supra brunnescens, fasciis flavescentibus ; fronte albo; subtus albus, cingulo pectorali nigro ; altero
abdominali castaneo ; lunulé frontali alba ; hujus ad marginem superiorem plumis nigris; pri-
mars ad margines externas nigrescenti-fuscis, ad internas pallidioribus ; gula albd, lined angustd
nigra, circumdatd, ad lorum oriente, per colli latera tendente et in vittam latam pectoralem mergente ;
transversa vittéd abdominali abdomineque medio leté castaneis ; abdomine reliquo albo ; rectricibus
caude duabus intermediis cinerascenti-fuscts ; rectricibus reliquis pallidioribus, externis duabus
albis ; rostro ad apicem nigro, ad basin flavescente ; pedibus nigri-viridibus.

Long. tot. 63 unc. ; rostri, 3; ala, 42; caude, 23; tarsi, 1}.

A broad stripe of white crosses the forehead, above which the feathers are black, which colour
gradually passes into the uniform pale brown which covers the whole of the upper surface; outer
webs of the primaries blackish brown; inner webs paler; throat white, surrounded with a narrow
line of black which commences above the upper mandible and continues down the sides of the neck
and forms a broad band across the breast ; across and down the centre of the abdomen a broad band
of bright chestnut ; the rest of the under surface pure white; two centre tail-feathers greyish brown,
those on each side paler, and the exterior ones white ; bill black at the tip, yellowish at the base ;
feet blackish green.

Syn. Charadrius bicinctus, Jard. and Selb., Ill. Orn., vol. i. pl. 28.
Chestnut-breasted Plover, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. ix. p. 324.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New Holland.

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HIMANTOPUS PALMATUS, Gould.

Him. albus; alis et abdomine centrali nigris ; pectore fascid latd castaned ; rostro nigro; pedibus
rufis.
Long. tot. 164 unc.; rostri, 27; ale, 8; cauda, 3; tarsi ad primum articulum 34, spatii nudi
super eum 21.
Wings and centre of the abdomen black ; chest crossed by a broad band of chestnut; the rest of
the plumage pure white; bill black ; legs red. :
Himantopus palmatus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Remark. In the Collections of Mr. Leadbeater and of the Zoological Society of London. The spe-
cimen in the latter Collection is imperfect.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New Holland.

HIMANTOPUS LEUCOCEPHALUS, Gould.

Him. albus ; nuchd, dorso, alisque nigris, nitore viridi ; rostro nigro ; pedibus rufis.

Long. tot. 15 une. ; rostri, 24; ale, 84; caude, 3; tarsi ad primum articulum 4, spatit nudi super
eum 24,

Back of the neck, back, and wings glossy greenish black, the rest of the plumage pure white ; bill
black ; legs red.

Himantopus leucocephalus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Remark. This is a well-known species, but has hitherto been confounded with the common one
Himantopus melanopterus, under which title it has been described by various authors.

Habitat. Australia generally and the islands of Java, Sumatra, &c.

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RECURVIROSTRA RUBRICOLLIS, Temm.

Ree. alba ; capite, colli dimidio superiore castaneis colore anticé ad pectorem producto ; ald medid, re-
migibus, primaribus, et scapularibus partim, nigris ; rostro nigro ; pedibus ceruleis.

Long. tot. 184 une.; rostri, 33; ale, 82; caude, 34; tarsi ad articulum primum 34, spatii nudi
super eum 14.

Head and upper half of the neck chestnut, which is dilated on the fore part of the neck; middle of

. the wings, primaries, and part of the scapularies black ; the rest of the plumage white ; bill black ; legs

blue.

Recurvirostra rubricollis, Temm. Man., part i. p. 592.—Less. Traité d’Orn., p. 592.
Recurvirostra Nove-Hollandia, Vieill.

Habitat. Australia generally, and some parts of India.

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OXYURA AUSTRALIS, Gould.

Masc. Oxy. eapite toto colloque nigris ; pectore, dorso lateribusque nitidé castaneis ; remigibus, tec-
tricibus caudeque nigrescentibus ; uropygio nigricante brunneo inornato ; abdomine crissoque brun-
neo-cinereis brunneo transversaliter obscure striatis ; rostro pedibusque plumbeis. °

Fam. Differt toto corpore nigricante, obscuris lineis guttisque castaneis notato ; partibus inferioribus
corporis pallidioribus.

Long. tot. 15 unc.; rostri, 2; ale, 6; caude, 3; tarsi, 1}.

Mate. Whole of the head, throat, and neck black; chest, breast, back, and flanks rich chestnut :
wings and tail brownish black; rump brownish black freckled with brown; belly and under tail-
coverts brownish grey, obscurely marked transversely with dark brown; feet and bill blackish lead

colour.
FEemAace. Is the same size as the male, and has a plumage of uniform blackish brown, transversely

marked with indistinct zigzag lines and freckles of chestnut brown, lighter and more greyish brown on
the under surface; tail-feathers black.

Oxyura Australis, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part IV., 1836.
Habitat. Australia: localities, Van Diemen’s Land, and Swan River.

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STERNA FULIGINOSA, Linn.
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tice nuchdque intense nigris; partibus corporis superioribus cum rectricibus intermediis omnino
nigris ; rostro pedibusque nigris.
Long. tot. 18 unc.; rostri, 21; ale, 12; caude, 72; tarsi, 1.
Forehead, sides of the neck, all the under surface, and outer tail-feathers white ; space between the
bill and the eye, crown of the head, and back of the neck, jet black ; all the remainder of the upper
surface, including the primaries and centre tail-feathers, sooty black ; bill and feet black.

Syn. Sterna fuliginosa, Gmel. Syst., vol. i. p. 605.—Lath. Ind. Orn., vol. ii. p. 804.—Id. Gen. Hist.,
vol. x. p. 102. pl. 174.—Wils. Am. Orn., vol. viii. p. 145. pl. 72. f. 7.
Hirondelle de Mer a grand envergure, Buff. Ois., tom. viii. p. 345.
Sooty Tern, Penn. Arct. Zool., vol. ii. No. 447.—Lath. Gen. Syn., vol. vi. p. 352.

Remark. I have compared specimens of this bird from New South Wales with others from North
America, and I find them to be strictly identical; its range of habitat is therefore extremely exten-
sive.

Habitat. Australia generally, North America, &c.

STERNA MACROTARSA, Gould.

St. vertice et nuchd nigris ; corpore supra primariisque argenteo-cinerascentibus ; partibus reliquis
corporis albis ; rostro pedibusque nigris.
Long. tot. 15 unc.; rostri, 21; ale, 12; caude, 54; tarsi, 13.
Crown of the head and back of the neck black; all the upper surface and primaries light silvery
grey ; the remainder of the plumage white ; bill and feet black.

Sterna macrotarsa, Gould in Proce. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.
Remark. In the Collection of King’s College, London.
Habitat. Australia: locality, Van Diemen’s Land.

STERNA POLIOCERCA, Gould.
Fig. 3.
St. fronte cinerascenti-albo in nigrum ad occiput mergente ; gutture, collo antice et postice, corporeque
subtus albis ; corpore supra, alis, cauddque cinerascentibus ; rostro flavo; pedibus nigris.
Long. tot. 174 unc.; rostri, 23; ale, 123; caude, 7; tarsi, 1.
Forehead greyish white gradually passing into black at the occiput; throat, back and front of the

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low; feet black. .
Sterna poliocerca, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.
Habitat. Australia: locality, Van Diemen’s Land.

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HALLAETUS LEUCOGASTER.
Fig. 1.

Hal. capite, collo, corpore subtus, cauddque per tertiam partem apicalem albis ; corporis partibus reli-
quis fusco-cinereis ; rostro fusco ; pedibus Jflavescentibus.
Long. tot. 32 une.; rostri, 23; ale, 22; caude, 104; tarsi, 4.
Head, neck, all the under surface, and the terminal third of the tail-feathers white; remainder of
the plumage brownish grey; bill dark brown ; feet yellowish white.
Syn. Lalco leucogaster, Lath. Ind. Orn., vol. i. p. 13.—Gmel. Linn., vol. i. p. 157.—Temm. Pl. Col.,{49.
White-bellied Eagle, Lath. Gen. Syn., vol. i. p. 33.—Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. i. p. 242.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

HALILAETUS SPHENURUS, Gould.
bigs 2.

Hal. capite, nuchd, guttureque pallidé cervinis ; corpore supra alisque intensé fuscis, singulis plumis
ad apicem pullide cervinis ; caudd cuneiform, ad basin albescenti-cervind, apicem versus fused, ad
apicem alba ; pectore fusco, plunis cervino marginatis ; abdomine, cervino fuscoque picto, erisso,
cauddque subtus albis ; rostro fusco ; tarsis flavis.

Long. tot. 32 unc.; rostri, 2; ale, 25; caude, 144; tarsi, 34.

Head, back of the neck, and throat light buff; all the upper surface and wings deep chocolate
brown, each feather tipped with buily white ; tail cuneiform, light bufly white at the base, passing into
deep brown towards the tip, which is white; chest brown, each feather margined with buff; feathers
of the abdomen mingled buff and brown, the latter colour occupying the margins of the feathers ; under

tail-coverts, and the under side of the tail-feathers white ; bill brown; tarsi yellow.

Syn. Halicetus sphenurus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

| Remark. The above description was taken from two specimens in the United Service Museum,

which are doubtless male and female, but which are not quite mature.

| This fine species would appear to represent the European Malicétus albicilla in Australia. In size
it nearly equals the Aguila fucosa, and like that bird it has a wedge-shaped tail, a character common
to many of the Raptorial birds of Australia.

Habitat. Van Diemen’s Land.

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HALILAZETUS LEUCOSTERNUS, Gould.
Bien!

Hal. capite, collo, pectore, abdomineque summo niveis ; dorso, alis, abdomine imo, femoribus, erissoque
leté castancis ; primariis ad apicem nigris ; caudd castaned, subtus pallidiore, rectricibus sex in-
termediis ad apicen cinerescentibus ; rostro ad basin plumbeo, ad apicem flavescente ; pedibus flave-
scenti-plumbeis.

Long. tot. 224 unc.; rosiri, 13; ale, 154; caude, 9; tarsi, 2.

Head, neck, chest, and upper part of the abdomen snow white: back, wings, lower part of the ab-
domen, thighs, upper and under tail-coverts rich chestnut red ; first six primaries chestnut at the base
and black at the tip; tail-feathers chestnut red on their upper surface, lighter beneath, the eight cen-
tral feathers tipped with greyish white ; bill light yellow at the tip passing into bluish lead colour at
the base ; feet bluish lead colour tinged with yellow.

Syn. Halicétus leucosternus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soe., Part V., 1837.

Remark. This species is nearly allied to H. Pondicerianus, but differs from that bird in the smaller
extent of the cere, and in the uniform snow-white colouring of the neck and chest.

Habitat. Australia: locality, unknown.

HALIASETUS CANORUS, Vig. & Horsf.
Fig. 2.

Hal. capite, collo, corporeque subtus, pallide fusco-luteis, plumis colore intensiore marginatis ; plumis
dorsi alarumque fuscis cinereo marginatis ; primariis nigrescenti-fuscis ; caudd cinerescenti-fuscd ;
rostro fusco ; pedibus flavescenti-fuscis.

Long. tot. 254 unc.; rostr?, 12; ale, 161; cauda, 105; tarsi, 11.

Head, neck, and all the under surface light sandy brown, each feather margined with a darker co-
lour ; feathers of the back and wings brown, margined with greyish white; primaries blackish brown ;
tail greyish brown; bill brown; feet yellowish brown.

Syn. Halizétus Canorus, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 187.
Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

LAWCAHEC

PANDION LEUCOCEPHALUS, Gould.

Pand. vertice, nuchdé, guld, abdomine, fenoribus, crissoque albis ; plumis pectoris fusco ad apicem nota-
tis; plumis auricularibus fuscescenti-nigris ; colli lateribus fuscis ; dorso, alis, caudaque brunneis,
singulis plumis noté albé angustd apicali ornatis ; primariis nigris ; rostronigro ; tarsis olivaceo-
plumbeis.

Long. tot. 21 unc.; rostri, 13; ale, 164; caude, 8; tarsi, 24.

Crown of the head, back of the neck, throat, abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts white ; fea-
thers of the chest with a broad spot of brown at their tips; ear-coverts blackish brown; sides of the
neck brown; back, wings, and tail clove brown, each feather of the back having a narrow circle of
white at its extremity ; primaries black ; bill black; tarsi yellowish olive, tinged with lead colour.

Syn. Pandion leucocephalus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Remark. I venture to characterise this bird as distinct from the Pandion Halieétus, as it appears to
be always smaller in size, and is moreover said to have yellow tarsi. The individual from which my
description was taken has this character to a certain extent, although a leaden tint pervades in some
parts. Ihave never seen a specimen of P. Halieétus with so much white on the head and back of
the neck as is found in the Australian bird.

Habitat. Australia.

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WWALOMOGICVIYS

OVAMNEA

FALCO FRONTATUS, Gould.
Fig. 1.

Fale. fronte cinerescenti ; vertice, genis, plumis auricularibus, corporeque supra cinerescenti-plumbeis ;
primariis intus notis ovalibus cervinis ornatis ; rectricibus caude duabus intermediis cinereis, nigro
obscure fasciatis, reliquis cinereo et rufescente alternatim fasciatis ; guld, pectoreque pallide cervinis,
hujus plumis in medio lined fuscd notatis ; corpore subtus obscuré rufescenti-aurantiaco ; rostro
plumbeo, cerd pedibusque flavis.

Long. tot. 12 une.; rostri, 2; ale, 94; caude, 53; tarsi, 11.

Forehead greyish white; crown of the head, cheeks, ear-coverts, and all the upper surface uniform
dark bluish grey ; internal webs of the primaries, except the tips, numerously barred with oval-shaped
markings of buff; two centre tail-feathers grey, transversely barred with obscure markings of black ;
the remainder of the feathers on each side alternately barred with lines of dark grey and reddish
chestnut ; throat and chest white tinged with buff, the feathers of the chest marked down the centre
with a stripe of brown; the whole of the under surface and thighs dull reddish orange ; bill dark lead
colour; cere and legs yellow.

Syn. Falco frontatus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Remark. I find the young of this species much darker than the adult, particularly in the markings
of the chest and abdomen; the upper surface also has most of the feathers tinged with reddish brown,
and the tail-feathers are tipped with this colour.

This species is nearly allied to Falco Subbuteo and F. 4salon.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

FALCO MELANOGENYS, Gould.
Fig. 2.

Mas. Fale. capite toto fuscescenti-nigro ; corpore supra, alis, cauddque cinereo fuscoque alternatim
fasciatis ; primariis extus intense fuscis, intus cervino fasciatis; guld pectoreque cervinis ; abdomine
rufescenti-cinerco, guttis ovalibus intense fuscis ornato ; lateribus crissoque rufescenti-cinereis, fasciis
intense fuscis contortim notatis; rostro ad apicem plumbeo, ad basin flavo; cerd pedibusque
flavis.

Fam. A mari differt staturd majore, nec non colore gule, pectoris, abdominisque intensiore.

Mas. Long. tot. 15 une.; rostri, 13; ale, 114; caude@, 53; tarsi, 14.

Foo. 17 —-; » 13; —-, 135; , 64; , 12.

Mate. Head, cheeks, and back of the neck deep brownish black; the feathers of the upper surface,
wings, and tail alternately crossed with equal sized bands of deep grey and blackish brown ; outer
edges of the primaries uniform blackish brown; their inner webs obscurely barred with light buff ;
throat and chest delicate fawn colour, passing into reddish grey on the abdomen; tail-feathers orna-
mented with an oval-shaped spot of dark brown; abdomen, flanks, under surface of the wing, and
under tail-coverts reddish grey, crossed by numerous irregular bars of blackish brown ; bill bluish lead
colour at the tip and yellow at the base ; cere and legs yellow.

Fema ce. Ditfers from the male in being larger in all her proportions, and in having the throat and
chest more richly tinted with fulvous, which colour also extends over the abdomen, the feathers of
which are not so strongly barred with brown as in the male.

Syn. Falco melanogenys, Gould in Proce. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Remark. This species is closely allied to the Falco Peregrinus, from which it may be at all times
distinguished by the black colouring of the checks.
Habitat. Australia generally.

FALCO BRUNNEA, Gould.
Fig. 3.

Fale. capite, corporeque superiore intense fuscis ; primariis intus notis albis triangularibus ornatis ;
cauddé lineis fuscescentibus septem obscure et anguste fasciatis ; guld, notdque ante oculos cervinis ;
pectore pallide cervino, plumis lined fusco centrali notatis ; corpore subtus albo fuscoque commixtis
ornato ; iridibus flavis; rostro nigro ; pedibus plumbeis.

Long. tot. 16 unc.; roséri, 13; ale, 10; caude, 74; tarsi, 23.

Head and all the upper surface dark brown with a chocolate tinge; the primaries having on their
inner webs a series of triangular-shaped markings of white ; and the tail crossed by about seven ob-
scure narrow bars of brownish white, which terminate about two inches from the extremity,
leaving that portion free of bars ; throat and a small spot before the eye buffy white ; the feathers of
the chest buffy white, with a broad stripe of brown down the centre of each; the remainder of the

under surface mottled brown and white ; irides yellow ; bill black ; feet lead colour.

Syn. Falco briunnea, Gould in Proce. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.
Remark. In the Collection of the Zoological Society.
Habitat. New Zealand.

Genus [ERACIDEA, Gould.

CHARACTERES GENERICI.

Rostrum, ut in genere Falco dicto ; alis attamen minus rigidis, remige tertio longissimo ; tarsis longio-
ribus, gracilioribus, et anticé squamis hexagonalibus tectis ; digitis gracilioribus, digito postico bre-
viore, unguibus minus robustis.

Bill and general form as in Falco, but the wings are less powerful, and the third quill-feather is the
longest ; the tarsi also are more elongated, slender, and covered anteriorly with hexagonal scales ; toes
more feeble, the hind toe shorter, and the claws less robust.

IERACIDEA BERIGORA.

Terac. vertice ferruginoso-fusco, plumis lined angusté nigra longitudinalitér notatis ; strigd nigra a
mandibuld inferiore per genas excurrente ; plumis auricularibus fuscis ; abdomine medio, crissoque
pallideé cervinis, singulis plumis lined centrali fused angusté notatis ; lateribus ferruginoso-fuscis,
guttis flavescenti-albis notatis ; femoribus extus fuscis, ferrugineo transversim fasciatis ; dorso
medio rufescenti-fusco, scapularibus, tectricibusque alarum fuseis, ferrugineo fasciatis ; caudd fusco,
ferrugincoque fasciatd ; primariis nigrescenti-fuscis, pogoniis internis notis ovalibus cervinis late
fasciatis ; rostro plumieo ; pedibus obscure plumbeis.

Long. tot. 18 unc. ; roséri, 14; ale, 134; caude, 8; tarsi, 3.

Crown of the head ferruginous brown, with a fine black line down the centre of each feather; a
streak of black from the base of the lower mandible down each side of the cheek ; ear-coverts brown;
throat, chest, centre of the abdomen, and under tail-coverts pale buff, with a fine line of brown down
each side of the shaft of every feather; flanks ferruginous, each feather crossed with spots of buffy
white ; thighs dark brown, crossed like the flanks but with redder spots; centre of the back reddish
brown ; scapularies and wing-coverts brown, crossed with conspicuous bars and spots of ferruginous ;
tail brown, crossed with ferruginous bars, and tipped with light brown; primaries blackish brown,
margined on their inner webs with large oval-shaped spots of buff; bill bluish horn colour; feet lead
colour.

Syn. Falco Berigora, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 184.

Remark. This bird in its progress from youth to maturity is subject to very marked changes of
plumage: the colouring described above appears to be that of an adult; but I possess other indivi-
duals apparevtly mature, in which the whole of the upper and under surface, except the throat, is of
an almost uniform deep chocolate brown, with only an indication of the ferruginous bars and spots on
the back, while the wings and tail are the same as in the adult; the thighs internally however are
always buff.

Habitat. Australia generally.

ASTUR APPROXIMANS, Vig. & Horsf.
Fig. 1.

Mas. Ast. vertice et nuchd plumbeis, collo postice torque rufescente obscuré ornato 3 corpore supra, alis
caudaque cinerescenti-fuscis 3 hdc fusco saturatiore crebreé fasciatd ; remigum pogonits internis albis,
fusco fasciatis; guld cinerescenti-fused ; pectore corporeque subius rufescenti-brunneis fasciis
albis notatis ; his fusco marginatis ; femoribus rufis, albo erebré et irregularitér fasciatis ; rostro
nigrescenti-corneo ; pedibus flovis. .

Jun. Capitis, nucheque plumis fuscis,rufescenti-brimneomarginatis ; corpore supra.intense fusco, plumis
singulis notanr semilunarem rufam ad apicem ostendentibus ; cauda fused, colore seturatiore fas-
ciatd, et ad apicem albescente ; remiguin pogoniis titers cervinis, fusco fascialis ; guld pallide cer-
vind, singulis plumis lined fused in medio notatis ; pectore pallide cervino fusco transversim notato ;
abdomine lateribusque paltidé cervinis trregulariter fusco fascicis 3 femoribus crissoque pallide
rufis, similaviter fasciatis ; rostro nigrescente-fusco ; pedibus plumbeis.

Long. tot. 19 une. ; rostri, 1; ale, 12; caude, 10; torsi, 3}.

Maze. Crown of the head and nape of the neck leaden grey ; on the back of the neck an obscure
collar of rufous brown; the remainder of the upper surface, wings and tail deep greyish brown; the
latter numerously barred with brown of a deeper tint; inner webs of the primaries and secondaries
greyish white, barred with dark brown: throat greyish brown; breast and all the under surface ru-
fous brown, crossed with numerous white fasciw, which are bounded on each side with an obscure
line of dark brown; thighs rufous, crossed by numerous irregular white lines; bill blackish horn
colour; feet yellow.

Youn. Feathers of the head and back of the neck dark brown, margined with rufous brown ; the
remainder of the upper surface deep brown, cach feather with a crescent-shaped mark of rufous at the
extremity; tail brown, crossed with obscure bars of a darker tint, and tipped with whitish brown ;
inner webs of the primaries fawn colour, barred with dark brown ; throat bufiy white, with a stripe
of dark brown down the centre of each feather ; breast bufiy white, each feather crossed by two bands
of dark brown, the last of which assumesa triangular form; abdomen, and flanks, buffy white, crossed by
irregular bands of dark brown, which are blotched with rufous brown in the centre; thighs and under
tail-coverts pale rufous, crossed by similar bands; bill blackish brown; feet lead colour.

Syn. Falco radiatus, Lath. Ind. Orn., Supp., p. xii. No. 40.—Temm. Pl. Col. 123, young.

Radiated Falcon, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. i. p. 122, no. 153, pl. 11.

Astur radiatus,

— fasciatus, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 181.

——— approximans,

Remark. This bird so closely resembles the Accipiter torquatus in external appearance that one
description would nearly serve for both: the two species are however not only specifically, but ge-
nerically distinct; the present one being a true Astur, with stout and powerful tarsi and a rounded
tail, and the other a true Accipiter, with a square or somewhat forked tail, and very slender tarsi and
feet, the middle toe of which, although belonging to a much smaller bird, is longer than the middle
toe of the present species: in consequence of the resemblance above alluded to, I have adopted the
name of approximans in preference to any other which has been given to it.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New Holland.

ASTUR NOV4!-HOLLANDIZAE, Vig. § Horsf.
Vigs. 2 & 3.

Ast. toto corpore albo ; cerd, tarsisque flavis ; rostri apice, et unguibus nigris: vartat corpore supra
cinereo, subtus albo, fasciis cinereis crebris irvegulariter notatis.

Mas. Long. tot. 15} une.; rostri, 14; ale, 10}; caude, 8; tarsi, 23.

Foam. 20 » 14; —, 123; —, 10; » St.

The whole of the plumage pure white; cere and tarsi yellow; point of the bill and claws black :
or the whole of the upper surface grey ; throat and all the under surface white, crossed with numerous
irregular grey bars ; cere and tarsi yellow; point of the bill and claws black.

Syy. Falco Nove-Hollandie, Gmel. Syst., vol. i. p. 264.—Dand. Orn., tom. ii. p. 56.—Lath. Ind.

Orn., vol. i. p. 16.

Falco albus, Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. vii. p. 92.

New-Hollund White Eagle, Lath. Gen. Syn., vol. i. p. 40.—Ib., Supp., p. 12.—White’s Voy.,
pl. in p. 250.—Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. i. p. 217.

Astur Nove-Hollandie, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 179.

Astur albus, Jard. and Selb. Ill. Orn., vol. i. pl. 1.

Astur Rati, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 180.

Remark. After a careful examination of a considerable number of specimens in the two states of
plumage above described, but agreeing in all their relative admeasurements, I am led to differ from
the opinion of most naturalists, and to consider that the two birds are strictly identical. I find this
difference of colouring to be common to both sexes, but the females are readily distinguishable by
their much larger size.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New Holland.

1 Accypulery niger

torquatas

ACCIPITER NIGER.
Fig. 1.

Ace. toto corpore, fuscescenti-nigro ; primariis ad basin albis, brunneis versus apicem, nigroque fascia-
tis; secondariis nigrescenti-cinereis, fusco fasciatis ; caudé nigra, fasciis quatuor griscescenti-
brunneis ornatd ; rostro obscuré corneo ; tarsis flavis.

Long. tot. 13 une.; rostri, —; ale, 3; caude, 64; tarsi, 2.

All the body uniform brownish black ; primaries white at the base, passing into light brown towards
the tip, each feather crossed by bars of black, which are three-quarters of an inch apart ; secondaries
blackish grey, crossed by bars of a darker colour; tail black, crossed by four distinct bands of greyish
brown, which are much lighter on the under surface ; bill blackish horn colour; tarsi yellow.

Syn. Sparvius niger, Vieill. Gal. des Ois. tom. i. p. 52, pl. 22.—Ib. Tabl. Ency. et Meth., 3iéme
partie, p. 1269.

Remark. In the Collection of the British Museum there are two specimens of this bird, which an-

swer to Vieillot’s description of his Sparvius niger, and which are said to have been received from

Australia; but as M. Vieillot states that his species is from Senegal, I give it with a mark of doubt
as to its being an inhabitant of Australia.

Habitat. Australia ?

ACCIPITER TORQUATUS, Vig. & Horsf.
Fig. 2.

Acc. capite, corpore supra, alis, cauddque intense fuscescenti-griseis ; hdc obscure fusco fasciatd ; nuchdé
obscure fascia rufescenti notatd ; guld, corpore subtus, femoribusque rufescentibus, fasciis angustis
albis crebré ornatis ; alis cauddque subtus fusco fasciatis ; rostro fuscescenti-corneo ; pedibus flavis ;
unguibus nigris.

Mas. Long. tot. 12 unc.; rostri, 2; ale, 8 ; caud@, 6 ; tarsi, 2}.
Fam. —_——, 143 —; » 43 — 93; ——, 73; — 23.

Head, all the upper surface, wings, and tail deep brownish grey, the tail indistinctly barred with
deep brown; on the back of the neck an obscure collar of reddish brown; throat, the under surface
and thighs rufous, crossed by numerous narrow bars of white, the red predominating on the thighs ;
under surface of the wings and tail grey, distinctly barred with dark brown, which is deepest on the
former ; bill dark horn colour; feet yellow ; claws black.

Syn. Falco torquatus, Cuv.—Temm. Pl. Col., 43 adult, 93 young.
Accipiter torquatus, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 182.—Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol.
KI Pa 50, Pla oo:

Habitat.

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LEPIDOGENYS SUBCRISTATUS, Gould.

Lep. vertice, genis, plumis auricularibus, dorsoque superiore fuscescenti-cinerets ; occipite, cristdque oc-
cipitali nigrescenti-fuscis ; dorso, scapularibusque fuscis, alis supra fuscescenti-cinereis, subtus ar-
genteo-cinereis, primariis secondariisque fasciis duabus nigris notatis ; uropygio, tectricibusque
caude superioribus fuscis ; caudd fuscescenti-cinered, nigro fasciata, et ad apicem large nigra ; guld,
pectore, humeri parte, crissoque, cinereis rufo tinctis; corpore subtus pallidé cervino, castaneo
fasciato ; rostro pallidé plumbeo, tarsis flavis.

Long. tot. 18 une.; rostri, 14; ale, 13; caude, 84 ; tarsi, 14.

Crown of the head, sides of the face, ear-coverts, and upper part of the back brownish grey ; occi-
put and lengthened occipital plumes blackish brown ; back and scapulars brown; wings uniform dark
brownish grey above, beneath silvery grey ; primaries and secondaries crossed by a band of black, and
terminated by a second mark of this colour ; rump and upper tail-coverts chocolate brown tinged with
grey; tail brownish grey above, lighter beneath, crossed by three narrow bands of black, and deeply
terminated with the same colour; throat, chest, part of the shoulder, and under tail-coverts greyish
white tinged with rufous ; abdomen, flanks, and thighs buffy white, crossed with conspicuous narrow
bands of reddish chestnut ; bill bluish horn colour ; tarsi yellowish.

Syn. Lepidogenys subcristatus, Gould in Proce. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Remark. This bird would belong to M. Lesson’s genus Lophotes; but that term having been previously
employed, I have been induced to adopt the generic title proposed by Mr. J. E. Gray in its stead.
The form is somewhat allied to Pernis.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

MILVUS AFFINIS, Gould.
, Fig. 1.

Milv. plumis capitis, nuche, collique laterum rufescenti-cervinis, striga centrali fused notatis ; corpore
supra brunneo, tectricibus alarum rufescentibus ; singulis plumis nigra lined central notatis et ad
apicem pallidé brunneis ; primariis nigris, secondariis nigrescentibus ; caudd fused, nigrescente fas-
ciatd, etad apicem cinered ; guld fuscescenti-cervind, singulis plumis lined centrali nigra ; corpore
subtus rufescenti-fusco, singulis plumis lined centrali fusca apud illas pectoris maximeé conspicud
ornatis ; rostro nigro ; pedibus flavescentibus.

Long. tot. 21 unc. ; rostri, 14; ala, 153; caude, 10}; tarsi, 2.

Feathers of the head, and the back and sides of the neck reddish fawn colour, with a central stripe
of dark blackish brown; all the upper surface glossy brown inclining to chocolate, and passing into
reddish brown on the wing-coverts, the shaft of each feather being black and the extreme tip pale
brown ; primaries black ; secondaries blackish brown; tail, which is slightly forked, brown, crossed by
several indistinct bars of a darker tint, and each feather tipped with greyish white ; throat brownish
fawn colour with the stem of each feather black; the remainder of the under surface rufous brown,
with a central line of dark brown on each feather, which is broadest and most conspicuous on the
chest; bill black; feet yellowish.

Syn. Milvus affinis, Gould in Proce. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Remark. This species is very nearly allied to the Milvus ater of Europe: the circumstance of nearly
the whole of the Fauna of Australia being distinct from those of all other parts of the world has in-
duced me to separate it specifically from that bird; the chief difference is in its being somewhat
smaller in size.

Habitat. Australia.

MILVUS ISURUS, Gould.
Fig. 2.

Milv. fronte, linedque supra-oculari cervinis ; singulis plumis, apicem, lineamque centralem nigros ha-
bentibus ; veriice, dorso, lateribus colli, gutture, humeris supra et subtus, corporeque subtus rufe-
scenti-aurantiacis ; plumis singulis verticis, occipitis, et precipue pectoris notam longitudinalem
apicalemque nigram habentibus ; dorso superiore, plumisque scapularibus intense fuscis ; primariis
ad apicem fuscis, nigro obscure fasciatis, ad basin inius cinereis 3; secondariis intense fuscis nigro
fasciatis ; uropygio crissoque albis, nigro cervinoque fasciatis ; caudd feré quadratd, et cinereo-
fuscé ; rectricibus, duabus externis utringue exceptis, obscure fasciis quatuor angustis nigris
ornatis ; omnibus ad apicem nigris ; rostro fusco ; cerd, tarsisque flavis.

Long. tot. 20 une. ; rostri, 13; ale, 814; caude, 81 ; tarsi, 13.

Forehead and space over the eye buffy white, each feather tipped and marked down the shaft with
black; crown of the head, back and sides of the neck, throat, shoulders, both above and beneath, and
the under surface generally reddish orange ; the feathers on the crown and the back of the head
like those of the forehead marked longitudinally and tipped with black, but in no part are these mark-
ings so widely spread as on the chest, whence they suddenly diminish, and are altogether lost on the
abdomen, the uniformity of which, particularly on the flanks, is broken by obscure transverse bands of
a lighter colour ; upper part of the back and scapularies deep blackish brown ; tips of the primaries
on the upper surface dark brown, obscurely banded with black ; internal web of the basal portion of
the primaries together with the stem and under surface generally greyish white; secondaries dark
brown banded with black, the remainder of the wing light brown, the edges of the feathers being still
lighter ; rump and upper tail-coverts white, with transverse bands of brown and buff; tail brownish
grey, and nearly square in form, all the feathers except the two outer on each side marked with about
four obscure narrow bands of black, the whole tipped with black ; bill brown ; cere and tarsi yellow.

Syn. Milvus isurus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Remark. This species, the immediate locality of which is not known, offers the nearest approach to
the Common Kite, Milvus vulgaris, that has yet been discovered; but is readily distinguished from
that species by the square form of the tail.

Habitat. Australia.

CYCUS

Ane

=
Sar

CIRCUS JARDINIT, Gould.

Mas. Cire. vertice, genis, plumisque auricularibus intensé castaneis, fusco longitudinaliter notatis ; disco
fasciali,nuchd, dorso superiore, pectore necnon dorso imo, scapularibusque, intense cinereis, his albo
levitér notatis ; humeris, alis subtus, abdomine, femoribus, crissoque, castaneis, albo perpulchre nota-
tis; tectricibus alarum fusco-cineraceis, irregularitér albo notatis ; secondariis cineraceis, fasciis
tribus fuscis angusté notatis, fascidque lata terminal ; primariis ad basin cervinis, per reliquas
partes nigris ; tectricibus caude superioribus fuscis, fascias albas, apicemque album ostendentibus ;
caudé cinereo fuscoque alternatim fasciatd ; rostro nigro ; pedibus flavis.

Long. tot. 19 unc.; ale, 16 ; caude, 10; tarsi, 33.

Mate. Crown of the head, cheeks, and ear-coverts dark chestnut, each feather having a mark of brown
down the centre ; facial disk, back of the neck, upper part of the back, and chest uniform dark grey ;
lower part of the back and scapulars dark grey, most of the feathers being blotched and marked at the tips
with two faint spots of white one on either side of the stem; shoulders, under surface of the wing, abdo-
men, thighs, and under tail-coverts rich chestnut, the whole of the feathers beautifully spotted with white,
the spots regularly disposed down each web, and being largest and most distinct on the abdomen ;
greater and lesser wing-coverts brownish grey, irregularly barred and tipped with a lighter colour ;
secondaries dark grey, crossed with three narrow lines of dark brown, and tipped with a broad band
of the same colour, the extreme tips being paler; primaries black for two-thirds of their length, their
bases brownish buff; upper tail-coverts brown, barred and tipped with greyish white ; tail alternately
barred with conspicuous bands of dark brown and grey, the brown band nearest the extremity being

-the broadest, and the extreme tips greyish white ; bill black ; legs yellow.

Syn. Circus Jardinii, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837, male.
Circus assimilis, Jard. and Selb. Ill. Orn., vol. i. pl. 51, female ?
Remark. I am induced to believe that the bird figured by Messrs. Jardine and Selby under the
name of Circus assimilis will prove to be the female of this bird; but as I am not quite certain, I have

thought it best to characterise the present bird under a new name; at all events, the term assimilis
only applies to a young bird or a female.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

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ATHENE ? FORTIS, Gould.
Fig. 1.

Ath. facie guldque cinerescenti-albis ; vertice, corporeque supra fuscis, purpureo tinctis ; scapularibus,

secondariis tectricibusque ale majoribus albo guttatis ; primariis alternatim fusco griseoque fascia-

tis ; fasciis pallidis ad marginem externum albescentibus ; caudd fusca lineis sex vel septem cinere-

seentibus transversim fasciatis, apice cinerescente ; corpore subtis brunneo alboque marmorato, héc

marginem plumarum ornante ; tarsis ad digitos vestitis, Susco cervinoque marmoratis ; rostro fla-
vescenti-corneo ; digitis longis, flavis, pilisque tectis.

Long. tot. 15£ unc.; wing, 114; tail, 74; tarsi, 13.

Face and throat greyish white ; crown of the head and all the upper surface dark brown, tinged
with purple ; scapularies, secondaries, and greater wing-coverts spotted with white; primaries alter-
nately barred with dark and greyish brown, the light marks on the outer edges approaching to white ;
tail dark brown, transversely barred with six or seven lines of greyish white ; the extreme tips of all
the feathers terminating with the same; the whole of the under surface mottled brown and white, the
latter occupying the outer edges of the feathers; tarsi clothed to the toes, and mottled brown and
fawn colour ; bill light yellowish horn colour ; toes long, yellow, and covered with fine hairs.

Syn. Athene fortis, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.
Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

ATHENE?: STRENUA, Gould.
Fig. 2.

Ath. vertice, corpore supra, alis, cauddque intense fuscis, fasciis purpurescenti-brunneis transversim
ornatis ; his majoribus pallidioribusque ad imum dorsum ; secondariis, rectricibusque caude ad
marginem internum, facie, guld, pectoreque superiore, badiis, plumis partium harum nota brunned
centrali ornatis ; corpore subtus albo, levitér badio lavato, et fusco fasciato ; rostro corneo ad basin,
ad apicem nigro ; pedibus flavis.

Long. tot. 24 une.; rostri, 2; ale, 15; caude, 105; tarsi, 2}.

Crown of the head, all the upper surface, wings, and tail dark clove brown, crossed by numerous
bars of broccoli brown, which become much larger, lighter, and more conspicuous on the lower part
of the back, the inner edges of the secondaries and of the tail ; face, throat, and upper part of the
chest buff, with a large patch of dark brown down the centre of each feather; the remainder of the
under surface white, slightly tinged with buff, and crossed with irregular bars of brown; bill horn
colour at the base, passing into black at the tip; feet yellow.

Syn. Athene strenua, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.
Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

Athene maculata

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ATHENE MACULATA.
Fig. 1.

Ath. disco faciali albo, singulis plumis ad basin rostri in medio, et ad apicem nigris ; capite corporeque
supra brunneis, albo crebré guttatis ; cauddé brunned irregulariter colore pallidiore fasciata ; pectore
corporeque subtis brunneis, cervino alboque notatis ; primariis brunneis late fusco fasciatis, et extus
cervino guttatis ; femoribus cervinis ; rostro obscure corneo ; pedibus flavis.

Long. tot. 11 une.; rostri, 75; ale, 8; caude, 5; tarsi, 14.

Facial disk white, each of the feathers immediately above the bill with the shafts and tips black ;
head and all the upper surface brown, numerously spotted with white ; tail brown, crossed by irregular
bands of a lighter tint, which become nearly white on the outer feathers; chest and all the under
surface brown, blotched with tawny and white ; primaries brown, crossed with broad bands of a deeper
tint, and irregularly spotted on their outer margins with buffy white; thighs tawny buff; bill dark
horn colour ; feet yellow.

Syn. Noctua maculata, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 189.
Habitat. Australia.

ATHENE BOOBOOK.
Fig. 2.

Ath. disco faciali anticé cinerescente, plumarum apicibus nigrescentibus ; disco posticé fusco ; capite
corporeque toto superné rufescenti-brunneis ; alarum tectricibus, scapularibus, secondariisque ad
marginem internum albo guttatis ; primariis cauddque colore pallidiore fasciatis ; pectore corpore-
que subtis rujfis, albo irregulariter notatis, ast magis in abdomine; femoribus intense cervinis ;
rostro obscure corneo ; pedibus flavis.

Long. tot. 12 unc. ; rostri, 14; ale, 94; caude, 73; tarsi, 14.

Fore part of the facial disk greyish white, each feather tipped with black ; hinder part dark brown ;
head, all the upper surface, wings, and tail reddish brown ; the wing-coverts, scapularies, and inner
webs of the secondaries spotted with white ; primaries and ‘tail-feathers irregularly barred with light

reddish brown, the spaces between the bars becoming buffy white on the under surface; breast and
all the under surface rufous, irregularly blotched with white, which predominates on the abdomen ;

- thighs deep tawny buff; bill dark horn colour ; feet yellow.

Syn. Strix Boobook, Lath. Ind. Orn., Supp., p. xv. no. 9.—Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol. vii. p. 262.
Boobook Owl, Id. Gen. Hist., vol. i. p. 362, no. 66.—Id. Gen. Syn., Suppl., vol. ii. p. 64.
Noctua Boobook, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 188.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

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Caustanwops

STRIX PERSONATA, Vig.
Fig. 1.

St. pallidée badia ; capite supra, dorso, alisque fusco-brunneo variegatis, albisque guttulis parce sparsis ;
corpore infra pallidiore, brunneo parce maculato ; caudé badio brunneoque undulatim fasciatd,
disco purpurescenti-badio, circulo marginali intense brunneo notato ; rostro pallidé corneo ; digitis

flavis.

Long. tot. 14 une.; rostri, 14; ale, 133; caude, 74; tarsi, 2.

Pale buff; the upper part of the head, the back, and the wings variegated with dark brown, and
sparingly dotted with white ; under surface paler with a few brown spots; tail buff, undulated with
brown fascia ; facial disk purplish buff, margined with deep brown spots; bill pale horn-colour ; toes
yellow.

Syn. Strix personata, Vig. in Proc. of Comm. of Sci., and Corr. of Zool. Soc., Part I., 1830-31,
p- 60.
Habitat. Australia.

STRIX CASTANOPS, Gould.

Fig. 2.

St. disco fasciali castaneo, ad marginem saturatiore, et nigro circumdato ; corpore supra, alis, cauddque
leté rufo-brunneis, plumis singulis fasciis latis saturate brunneis, disparitér ornatis ; capite hu-
merisque maculis sparsis minutis albis ; corpore infra flavescenti-brunneo ; lateribus colli corpo-
risque guttis nigris sparsé ornatis ; femoribus tibiisque flavo-brunneis ; rostro flavo-fusco ; pe-
dibus flavescentibus.

Long. tot. 18 unc.; rostri, 21; ale, 15; caude, 7 ; tarsi, 34.

Fascial disk deep chestnut, becoming deeper at the margin and encircled with black ; upper surface,
wings, and tail fine rufous brown, each feather irregularly and broadly barred with dark brown with
a few minute white spots on the head and shoulders ; under surface uniform deep sandy brown ; sides
of the neck and flanks sparingly marked with round blackish spots; thighs and legs the same, but
destitute of spots; bill yellowish brown ; feet light yellow.

Syn. Strix Castanops, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part IV., 1836, p. 140.

Remark. This is one of the largest and most powerful species of the genus as now restricted. In
the Collection of the Zoological Society.

Habitat. Australia: locality, uncertain.

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STRIX DELICATULUS, Gould.
Bigs,

St. disco fasciali albo, margine stramineo circumdato ; corpore supra pallide cano-fusco, flavo tincto,
notis nigricantibus et albidis intermixtis delicatis frequentibusque ornato; alis pallidée fulvis,
fasciis lineisque retortis, pallide brunneis ; primariis ad apicem gutta albd notatis; caude
rectricibus quoad colorem remiges jingentibus, at guttd apicali albd obscuriore ; corpore infra
albo ; pectore lateribusque maculis brunnescentibus sparse notatis ; femoribus tibiisque albis ; rostro
livido ; pedibus flavescentibus.

Long. tot. 14 unc.; rostri, 12; ale, 11; caude, 4; tarsi, 24.

Facial disk white, margined with buff; upper surface light greyish brown, tinged with yellow, very
thickly and delicately pencilled with spots of brownish black and white ; wings pale buff, lightly barred
with pale brown, marked along the outer edge and extremities with zigzag pencillings of the same,
each primary having a terminal spot of white ; tail resembles the primaries, except that the terminal
white spot is indistinct, and the outer feathers are almost white ; under surface white, sparingly marked
about the chest and flanks with small brownish dots; legs and thighs white; bill horn colour; feet
yellowish.

Syn. Strix delicatulus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part IV., 1836, p. 140.

Remark. This species very closely resembles the Common British Owl, Strix flammea ; but is con-
siderably smaller in size, and has a longer bill.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

STRIX CYCLOPS, Gould.

Str. disco fasciali albo, venusté annulo saturate brunneo, cireumdato ; corpore supra albo ; dorso hu-
merisque pallide stramineis, maculis brunneis et albis lentiginosis ; primariis fasciis alternis api-
cibusque lineis brunneis frequentibus, et retortis ; caudd albd fasciis brunneis ; interstitiis
albis, brunneo crebré guttatis ; corpore infra albo, maculis brunneis ; rostro livido ; femoribus
tarsisque albis ; pedibus flavo-fuseis.

Long. tot. 15 unc.; rostri, 12; ale, 11}; caude, 54; tarsi, 23.

Facial disk white, margined with deep brown; upper surface white, tinged on the back and shoul-
ders with pale straw colour, and freckled irregularly with brown, surrounding numerous spots of white ;
primaries alternately barred with pale brown, the outer edge and extremities thickly pencilled with
zigzag marks of brown; tail white, barred with brown, the spaces between the bars thickly dotted

with the same colour; under surface white, spotted with brown; bill horn colour; thighs and legs
white; feet yellow.

Syn. Strix Cyclops, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part IV., 1836, p- 140.
Remark. This is one of the most beautiful species of the genus. In my own Collection.
Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

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Fig. 1.

Mas. Hale. vertice, dorso superiore, scapulisque fuscis, viridi tinctis ; lined a naribus ad oculos cervind ;
strigd laté occipitali nigra ; tectricibus alarum, secondariisque obscure viridibus ; primariis nigre-
scentibus, viridi marginatis ; dorso imo, tectricibusque caude metallicé viridibus ; caudd coeruleo-
viridi ; guld alba ; torque nuchali, pectore, corporeque subtus cervinis ; rostro nigrescente, man-
dibuld inferiore ad basin carned ; pedibus rufescenti-fuscis. :

Junior. Differt dorso plus fusco tincto, tectricibus alarum cervino marginatis, plumis pectoralibus,
fusco circumdatis, necnon rostro breviore.

Long. tot. 73 unc.; rostri, 2; ale, 34; caude, 24; tarsi, %.

Avutt. Crown of the head, upper part of the back, and scapularies dull brownish green ; stripe from
the nostrils to the eye rich buff; from the gape a broad stripe of greenish black passes round the head,
and bounds the green of the crown; wing-coverts and secondaries dull green ; primaries blackish
brown, margined externally with dull green; lower part of the back, and upper tail-coverts metallic
green ; tail bluish green ; throat white; collar surrounding the back of the neck, chest and all the
under surface buff, which is lightest on the centre of the abdomen; upper mandible and point of the
lower blackish brown, base of the latter fleshy white; feet reddish brown.

Younc. Differs in having the back more brown, the wing-coverts margined with buff, the feathers
on the breast margined with dark brown, and a shorter bill.

Syn. Halcyon sanctus, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 206.
Sacred Kingsfisher, Phill. Voy., pl. in p. 156. ?

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

HALCYON COLLARIS, Swains.
Fig. 2.

Halc. vertice, dorso superiore, scapulisque olivaceo-viridibus ; lined a naribus. ad oculos cervinis ;
strigd occipitali nigrescenti-fuscd ; dorso imo metallicé ceeruleo; tectricibus alarum, secondariisque
intense viridi-ceruleis ; primariis nigrescentibus, extus ceruleo marginatis ; caudd intensé ceruled ;
guld, torque nuchali, corporeque subtus atbis ; rostro nigrescente, mandibuld inferiore ad basin
corned ; pedibus nigrescentibus.

Long. tot. 9 unc.; rostri, 23; ale, 4; caude, 3 ; tarsi, 3.

Crown of the head, upper part of the back, and scapularies rich olive green ; stripe from the nostrils
to the eye buffy white ; from the gape a stripe of brownish black passes round the back of the head
and bounds the green colouring of the crown ; lower part of the back, and upper tail-coverts verditer
blue; wing-coverts and secondaries deep greenish blue; primaries blackish brown, margined on the
outer webs with deep blue; tail deep blue; throat, collar surrounding the back of the neck, and all
the under surface white; upper mandible, the point of the under mandible, and feet blackish brown ;
base of the under mandible fleshy white.

Syn. Halcyon collaris, Swains. Zool. Hl. 1st ser., pl. 27.

Habitat. Australia : locality y New South Wales.

HALCYON CINNAMOMINUS, Swains.
Fig. 3.
Hale. capite, collo, corporeque subtus cinnamominis ; plumis auricularibus, linedque angusté occipitali
nigris, viridi lavatis ; dorso, scapulisque intense viridibus ; tectricibus alarum, secondariisque
ceruleis ; primariis nigris, extus eeruleo marginatis ; tectricibus caude metallice ceruleo-viridibus ;

caudé intensé cceruled ; rostro nigrescenti-fusco, mandibula inferiore ad basin carned ; pedibus
rufescenti-fuscis.

_ Long. tot. 9 une. ; rostri, 24 ; ale, 4; cauda@, 34; tarsi, 3.

Head, neck, and all the under surface cinnamon brown; ear-coverts, and a narrow line encircling
the back of the head greenish black ; back and scapularies dark green; wing-coverts and secondaries
greenish blue; primaries black, margined externally with greenish blue; upper tail-coverts metallic
bluish green ; tail deep blue ; bill blackish brown, the base of the under mandible fleshy white ; feet
reddish brown. ;

Syn. Halcyon cinnamominus, Swains., Zool. Ill., 1st ser., pl. 67 —Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans.,
vol. xv. p. 206.

Remark. In the Collection of the Linnzean Society.
Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

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PACHYCEPHALA GUTTURALIS, Vig. & Horsf.
Fig. 1.

Mas. Pach. vertice, loris, lined infra-oculari, plumis auricularibus lunuldque pectorali nigerrimis ; guld
albé ; nuchd, lined angustd pectorali, abdomineque toto flavis ; dorso, tectricibusque caud@ flave-
scenti-olivaceis ; tectricibus alarum nigrescenti-fuscis, flavescent/-olivaceo marginatis ; primariis,
secondariisque nigrescenti-fuscis, cinerescenti-olivaceo marginatis ; caudé ad basin cinered, apicem
versus nigrescente, ad apicem cinered ; rostro pedibusque nigrescentibus.

Foo. vEL MAs suN. Capite, corpore superiore, cauddque, olivaceo-fuscis ; primariis, secondariisque
fuscis, illis cinereo, his olivaceo marginatis ; guld pallide fused, albo adspersd ; abdomine pallide
olivaceo-fusco ; crisso albo ; rostro, pedibusque nigrescentibus.

Long. tot. 71 unc.; rostri, 3; ale, 35; caude, 34; tarsi, 3.

Mate. Crown of the head, lores, line beneath the eye, ear-coverts, and a crescent-shaped mark from
the latter across the breast deep black ; throat, within the black, white ; back of the neck, a narrow
line down each side of the chest behind the black crescent, and all the under surface gamboge yellow ;
back and upper tail-coverts yellowish olive ; wing-coveris blackish brown, margined with yellowish
olive; primaries and secondaries blackish brown, margined with greyish olive; tail grey at the base
passing into brownish black near the extremity, and tipped with grey ; bill and feet brownish black.

FEMALE, Or YOUNG MALE. Head, all the upper surface, and tail olive brown; primaries and second-
aries brown, the former margined with grey, and the latter with yellowish olive ; throat pale brown,
freckled with white; the remainder of the under surface pale brown, tinged with olive; under tail-
coverts white ; bill and feet blackish brown.

Syn. Turdus gutturalis, Lath. Ind. Orn., Supp., p. xli. no. 6.
Black-crowned Thrush, Lewin, Birds of New Holl. pl. 10.
Pachycephala gutturalis, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 239.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

PACHYCEPHALA PECTORALIS, Vig. & Horsf.

Mas. Pach. gula albd, nigro late cireumdatd ; fronte et vertice cinereis, plumis in medio nigro angusté
striatis ; corpore superiore cinereo ; caudd alisque fuscis ; lateribus griseis ; pectore medio, abdo-
mine, crissoque, aurantiaco-brunneis ; rostro pedibusque nigris.

Fam. Capite, corporeque superiore fusco-cinereis ; alis cauddque, saturate fuscis ; guld albiddé ; corpore
subtus cervino, plumis hujus partis necnon gule angusté fuscis, in medio striatis ; rostro fusco ;
pedibus nigris.

Long. tot. 6? unc. ; rostri, 2; ale, 32; cauda@, 31; tarsi, 3.

Mater. Throat white, encircled by a broad band of black, which commences at the base of the bill,
surrounds the eye, passes down the sides of the neck, and crosses the breast ; forehead and crown dark
grey, with a small stripe of black down the centre of each feather ; the remainder of the upper surface
dark grey ; wings and tail blackish brown, each feather margined on the outer web with dark grey ;
sides of the breast and flanks grey ; centre of the breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts orange brown ;
bill and feet black.

Femace. Head and all the upper surface brownish grey ; wings and tail dark brown, margined on
the exterior webs with brownish grey ; throat dull white, gradually passing into the tawny buff which
covers the whole of the under surface, each feather of the throat and under surface having a narrow
stripe of dark brown down the centre; bill brown; feet black.

Syn. Muscicapa pectoralis, Lath. Ind. Orn., Supp., p. li. no. 11.
Orange-breasted Thrush, Lewin, Birds of New Holl. pl. 8.
Pachycephala pectoralis, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 239.—Gould, Syn. Birds
of Australia.
—— striata, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 240, female, or young male ?
Lanius macularius, Quoy et Gaim. Voy. de |’ Astrolabe, p. 257, pl. 31, f. 1, young male ?

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

PACHYCEPHALA FUSCA, Vig. & Horsf.
Fig. 1.

Pach. vertice, corporeque superiore intense cinerescenti-fuscis ; remigum pogoniis externis rufescenti-
fuscis ; caudd cinered, leviter fusco lavatd ; guld, corporeque subtus, cinerescenti-cervinis ; rostro,
pedibusqise nigrescenti-fuscis.

Long. tot. 62 une.; rostri, 2; ale, 4; caude@, 34; tarsi, 7.
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Crown and all the upper surface deep brownish grey ; the external edges of the secondaries and
greater wing-coverts rufous brown ; tail grey, slightly tinged with brown; throat and all the under
surface pale fawn grey ; bill and feet blackish brown.

Syn. Polycephala fusca, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 240.
—_———— _fuliginosa, Ib., p. 241.

Habitat. Van Diemen’s Land, and the south coast of New South Wales.

PACHYCEPHALA XANTHOPROCTA, Gould.
Fig. 2.

Pach. vertice, corporeque supra olivaceis, héc colore, ad crissum, et ad marginem remigum ale, rectri-
cumque caude, letiore ; abdomine pallidé fusco ; erisso flavo ; rostro ad apicem nigro, ad basin
brunneo ; pedibus fuscis.

Long. tot. 6 unc.; rostri, 3; ale, 34; caude, 3 ; tarsi, 4.

Crown of the head and all the upper surface dull olive, becoming brighter on the rump, edges of
the wing-feathers, and the tail; throat greyish brown ; abdomen pale brown, passing into bright yellow
on the under tail-coverts; bill black at the tip, fleshy brown at the base; feet brown.

Syn. Pachycephala xanthoprocta, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Remark. This may possibly prove to be the female of some species the male of which is at present
unknown.

Habitat. Australia: locality, east coast of New South Wales.

PACHYCEPHALA LONGIROSTRA, Gould.

Pach. vertice, corpore superiore, alisque olivaceis, primarits, secondarus, tectricibus, rectricibusque caude
ad marginem nitidé olivaceo-aureis ; guld, pectoreque pallidé cinerescenti fuscis ; crisso flavo ;
rostro nigrescenti-fusco ; pedibus brunneis.

Long. tot. 7 une.; rostri, 7; ale, 4; caude, 34; tarsi, 1.

Crown of the head, all the upper surface and wings olive, becoming richer and more golden on the
outer edges of the primaries, secondaries, upper tail-coverts and tail; throat and forepart of the chest
pale greyish brown, gradually passing into bright yellow on the under tail-coverts ; bill brownish black ;
feet brown.

Syn. Pachycephala longirostra, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.
Habitat. Australia: locality, east coast of New South Wales.

PACHYCEPHALA OLIVACEA, Vig. & Horsf.
Fig. 4.

Pach. vertice, plumisque auricularibus intense fuscis ; dorso, alis, cauddque brunneo-olivaceis ; guld
cineraced fusco adspersd ; pectore, abdomine, crissoque rufescenti-brunneis ; rostro pedibusque
entensé fuscis.

Long. tot. 72 unc.; rostri, 2; ale, 32; caude, 33; tarsi, 1}.

Crown of the head, and ear-coverts dark brown ; back, wings, and tail chestnut olive, the chest-
nut predominating on the back; throat greyish white, each feather tipped with brown ; chest, abdomen,
and under tail-coverts reddish brown ; bill and feet dark brown.

Syn. Pachycephala olivacea, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 241.

Remark. This is the largest species of the genus.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

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marginatis ; rectricibus caude duabus intermediis saturate cinereis, lined centrali, apicibusque
nigris ; quatuor proximis utringue nigris ; externd utrinque nigra, ad apicem cinered ; vertice,
corporeque saturate cinereis ; rostro pedibusque nigris.

Long. tot. 93 unc.; rostri, 14; ale, 54; caude, 44; tarsi, 4.

Lores, line beneath the eye, and ear-coverts jet black ; wings black, each feather margined exter-
nally with grey ; two middle tail-feathers dark grey, with the shafts and tips black, the four next on
each side black, the outer one on each side black, tipped with bluish grey ; crown of the head, all the
upper and under surface dark bluish grey ; bill and feet black.

Syn. Graucalus tenuirostris, Jard. in Journ, of Nat. and Geog. Sci., no. iv. new ser. p. 211.—Jard.
and Selb. Ill. Orn., vol. iii. pl. exiv.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

GRAUCALUS SWAINSONII.
Fig. 2.

Graue. loris nigerrimis ; corpore superiore, tectricibus alarum, guld, pectoreque, cinereis ; primariis,
secondariisque nigris, illis anguste, his laté cinereo marginatis ; caudd nigrd, ad basin cinerea ;
abdomine, crissoque albis, nigro crebré fasciatis ; rostro pedibusque nigris.

Long. tot. 10 unc.; rostri, 1; ale, 53; caude, 4; tarsi, 3.

Lores black; head, all the upper surface, wing-coverts, throat, and breast grey; primaries and
secondaries black, the former narrowly, and the latter broadly margined on their external edges with
grey; tail grey at the base, black for the remainder of its length; abdomen, under surface of the

shoulder, and under tail-coverts white, crossed by numerous decided narrow bars of black ; bill and
feet black.

Syn. Ceblepyris lineatus, Swains. in Zool. Journ., vol. i. p. 466.

Remark. As the term lineatus had been previously given to another species of this group, Mr.
Swainson’s name sinks into a synonym; and I have therefore dedicated the present species to that
gentleman.

Habitat. Australia: locality, the east coast of New South Wales.

GRAUCALUS MENTALIS, Vig. & Horsf.
Fig. 3.

Grauc. loro, genis, guld, pectoreque nigerrimis ; vertice, corpore superiore, alisque saturate cinereis ;
primariis, secondariisque nigris ; marginibus externis, apicibusque cinereis ; caudd ad basin ci-
nered, apicem versus nigrescente, apice ipso albo ; abdomine cinereo ; crisso albo ; rostro pedi-
busque nigris.

Long. tot. 104 unc.; rostri, 13; ale, 63; caude, 5; tarsi, 3.

Lores, sides of the face, throat, and chest jet black; crown of the head, all the upper surface, and
wings dark grey ; primaries and secondaries black, margined on their external webs and tips with
grey; tail grey at the base, passing into blackish brown near the extremity, and tipped with white ;
abdomen grey, passing into white on the under tail-coverts ; bill and feet black.

Syn. Graucalus mentalis, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 217.
Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

Family SAXICOLINE.
Genus SERICORNIS, Gould.

CHARACTERES GENERICI.

Rostrum robustum, rectum, caputque quoad longitudinem fere equans, ad apicem compressum, et inden-
tatum ; nares basales, laterales, ovales, et operculo tecte ; alee mediocres, rotundute ; remige primo
perbrevi, quarto, quinto, atque sexto longissimis et inter se fere equalibus ; cauda mediocris et

| equalis ; tarsi elongati ; digitus posticus cum ungue validus, digitumque intermedium feré equans ;

| digitis externis equalibus ; plume molles, et serice.

| GENERIC CHARACTER.

Bill strong, straight, nearly as long as the head, compressed laterally towards and notched at the
tip; nostrils basal, lateral, oval, and covered by an operculum ; wings moderate, rounded, the first
quill very short, the fourth, fifth, and sixth quills nearly equal and the longest; fail moderate and
square ; tars? long ; hind toe and claw strong, and nearly equal to the middle toe and claw in length ;
outer and inner toes equal; plumage soft and silky to the touch.

Typr. Acanthiza frontalis, Vig. and Horsf.

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SERICORNIS PARVULUS, Gould.
Fig. 1.

Ser. loro pallide fusco, et super hoc striga cinered ; vertice, corpore supra, alis, cauddque olivaceo-fuscis,
rubro lavatis ; ald spurid nigrescente, plumis singulis albo marginatis ; pectore, abdomineque medio
citrinis, lateribus olivaceo-fuscis ; rostro nigrescente ; pedibus luteis.

Long. tot. 4 une.; rostri, 3; ale, 14; caude, 13; tarsi, 3.

Lores light brown, above which a line of greyish white ; crown of the head, all the upper surface,
wings, and tail olive brown, with a tinge of red, which becomes more conspicuous on the rump and
upper tail-coverts ; spurious wing blackish brown, the feathers margined on the inner edge and tip
with white ; chest and centre of the abdomen citron yellow; flanks olive brown ; bill blackish brown ;
feet yellowish white.

Syn. Sericornis parvulus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

_ Habitat. Australia: locality, east coast of New Holland.

SERICORNIS FRONTALIS.

Fig. 2.

Ser. fronte medio, loro, strigdque infra-oculari nigris; strigd super-oculari cinerescenti-albd ; vertice,

corpore supra, alis, cauddque olivaceis ; alarum tectricibus albo terminatis ; ald spurid, nigrescenti -
fused ; guld albd nigro striaté ; pectore medio abdomineque eitrinis ; lateribus olivaceo-tuscis ;
rostro nigrescenti-fusco ; pedibus flavescenti-albis.

Long. tot. 5 une.; rostri, 3; ale, 24; caude, 2; tarsi, F.

Centre of the forehead, lores, and a line beneath the eye black ; over the eye a line of greyish white ;
crown of the head, all the upper surface, wings and tail olive brown; wing-coverts tipped with white ;
spurious wing blackish brown; throat white, striated with black; centre of the chest and abdomen
citron yellow ; flanks olive brown ; bill blackish brown; feet yellowish white.

Syn. Acanthiza frontalis, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 226.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

SERICORNIS HUMILIS, Gould.
Fig

g. 3.

‘Ser. loro nigrescenti-fusco ; et super hoe striga indistinctd alba ; vertice, corpore supra, alis, cauddque
olivaceis, rubro lavatis ; ald spurid nigrescente ; plumis singulis albo marginatis ; guld cinered
fusco guttatd ; pectore abdomineque medio, fuscescenti-flavis, illo fusco indistincte guttato ; lateribus
castaneis ; rostro nigrescente ; pedibus fuscis.

Long. tot. 5 unc.; rostri, 4; ale, 23; caude, 2}; tarsi, |.

Lores blackish brown, above which an obscure stripe of white ; crown of the head, and all the upper
surface, wings and tail dark olive brown with a tinge of red, which becomes more conspicuous on the
rump and tail-feathers; spurious wing blackish brown, each feather margined with white; throat
greyish white, spotted with blackish brown ; chest and centre of the abdomen brownish yellow, the
former similarly but more obscurely spotted than the throat; flanks chestnut brown; bill blackish
brown ; legs dark brown.

Syn. Sericornis humilis, Gould in Proce. of Zool. Soe., Part V., 1837.

Habitat. Van Diemen’s Land.

SERICORNIS CITREOGULARIS, Gould.
Fig. 4.

Mas. Ser. loro, annulo cireumoculari, plunisque auricularibus intensé nigrescenti-fuscis ; lined flave-
scente a naribus super oculos excurrente ; vertice, corporeque supra, rectricibus, secondariisque‘alarum,
cauddque rufo-brunneis ; primariis ad marginem externum olivaceis ; ald spuria nigrescente ; guld
citrind ; pectore lateribusque olivaceo-fuscis ; abdomine medio albo ; rostro nigro ; pedibus brun-
neis.

Long. tot. 54 unc. ; rostri, 3; ale, 22; caude, 23; tarsi, 13.

Mate. Lores, circle around the eye, and the ear-coverts deep blackish brown; a conspicuous line
of yellowish white commences at the nostrils and passes over and for some distance beyond the eye ;
crown of the head, and all the upper surface, secondaries, wing-coverts, and tail reddish brown, be-
coming more rufous on the upper tail-coverts and tail; outer edges of the primaries olive; spurious
wing blackish brown; throat citron yellow; chest and flanks olive brown; centre of the abdomen
white ; bill black ; feet light brown.

Femae. Differs only in being less brilliant in all her markings.

Syvn. Sericornis citreogularis, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

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ACANTHIZA PUSILLA, Vig. & Horsf.
Fig. 1.

Ac. fronte rufescenti-fusco, nigrescente adsperso ; corpore superiore, alisque intense olivaceo-fuscis ;
tectricibus caude castaneis ; caudd olivaceo-brunned, nigrescente apicem versus fasciata ; gula
pectoreque cinereis, irregulariter fusco adspersis ; abdomine medio, crissoque cervinis ; rostro pe-

dibusque fuscis.

Long. tot. 34 unc.; rostri, 7; ale, 24; caude, 2; tarsi, 3.

Forehead rufous brown, each feather tipped with blackish brown; upper surface and wings deep
olive brown; upper tail-coverts chestnut brown; tail reddish olive brown, crossed near the extremity
with a broad band of blackish brown; throat and chest greyish white, each feather having a fine ir-
regular margin of blackish brown; centre of the abdomen and under tail-coverts fawn white ; bill and
feet brown.

Syn. Motacilla pusilla, White’s Journ., pl. in p. 257.
Dwarf Warbler, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. vii. p. 134, no. 161.
Acanthiza pusilla, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 227.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

ACANTHIZA NANA, Vig. & Horsf.
Fig. 2.
Ae, corpore superiore olivaceo, cauda cinered olivaceo lavatd, et fascia laté intense fuscd ornatd ; guld
corporeque subtus flavis ; iridibus cinereis ; rostro pedibusque pallide brunneis.
Long. tot. 34 unc. ; rostri, $; ale, 14; caude, 13; tarsi, 3.
All the upper surface bright olive ; tail greyish brown tinged with olive, and crossed by a broad
band of blackish brown; throat and under surface yellow ; irides grey ; bill and feet light brown.

Syv. Dwarf Warbler, var. A.? Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. vii. p. 134, no. 161.
Acanthiza nana, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 226.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

ACANTHIZA DIEMENENSIS, Gould.
Fig. 3.
Ac. fronte rufo-brunneo, notis semi-lunaribus cervinis, fuscoque adspersis, corpore superiore, alisque in-
tense olivaceo-fuscis ; tectricibus caud@ fusecis, castaneo lavatis ; rectricibus olivaceis, nigrescenti-
fusco fasciatis ; genis, gula, pectoreque cinereis, irregulariter fusco adspersis ; abdomine, crissoque
cinerescenti-albis rufo tinctis, hdc colore in crisso laieribusque prevalente ; rostro pedibusque pallidé
brunneis.

Long. tot. 4 une.; rostri, 3°;; ale, 21; caude, 2; tarsi, 3.

Forehead rufous brown, each feather with a crescent-shaped mark of bright buff near its extremity
and tipped with blackish brown; all the upper surface and wings deep olive brown; upper tail-
coverts reddish brown; tail olive brown, crossed by a band of blackish brown; cheeks, throat, and
chest greyish white, each feather margined with a broken line of deep brown; abdomen and under
tail-coverts greyish white, tinged with rufous, which is deepest on the flanks and under tail-coverts ;
bill and feet light brown.

Syn. Acanthiza Diemenensis, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.
Remark. Nearly allied to Acanthiza pusilla.
Habitat. Van Diemen’s Land.

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ACANTHIZA LINEATA, Gould.
Tig. 4.

Ac. vertice fusco-olivaceo, albo delicate striato ; dorso, alis, cauddque olivaceis ; hdc apicem versus ni-
grescente fasciatd, ad apicem cinerescenti-fuscd ; guld, pectoreque cinereis, olivaceo lavatis, et irre-
gulariter fusco guttatis ; vostro pedibusque fuscis.

Long. tot. 32 une.; rostri, 3; ale, 2; caude, 1}; tarsi, 3.

Crown of the head brownish olive, with a fine line ef white down the centre of each feather; back
and wings greenish olive; tail the same, crossed by a broad band of brownish black near the tip, be-
yond which the extremities are brownish grey ; throat and chest grey, tinged with olive, the margins
of the feathers spotted with dark brown, giving these parts an irregular spotted appearance ; bill and
feet dark brown.

Syn. Acanthiza lineata, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.
Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

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Fig. 1.

Ae. vertice, nuchd, corpore superiore, alisque olivaceo-fuscis ; uropygio, caude tectricibus, crissoque pal-
lide olivaceis ; guldé, pectoreque albis fusco adspersis ; rectricibus caude fuscis, ad basin pallide
cervinis, omnium apicibus, externarumque pogoniis externis, fuscescenti-cervinis ; rostro pedibusque
fuseis.

Long. tot. 33 une.; rostri, 4; ale, 2; caude, 12; tarsi, 3.

Crown, back of the neck, upper surface, and wings olive brown, the feathers of the forehead tipped

; with a lighter colour; rump, upper and under tail-coverts pale ochre ; throat and chest white, each
feather with a very slight, broken margin of brown; base of all the tail-feathers pale buff, the exter-
nal margin of the outer feathers and the tips of all brownish buff, the central portion blackish brown
bill and feet brown.

Syn. Acanthiza reguloides, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 226.
Dwarf Warbler, var. 3? Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. vii. p. 135, no. 161.

Halitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

ACANTHIZA UROPYGIALIS, Gould.
Fig. 2.

Ac. capite, corpore supra, alisque fuscis, levitér olivaceo lavatis ; uropygio tectricibusque caude lete
castaneis ; caudd nigrescenti-fuscd, late ad apicem albo notatd ; guld, pectore, abdomineque medio
griseis; lateribus, crissoque pallide cervinis ; rostro, pedibusque nigris.

Long. tot. 32 unc.; rostri, $; ale, 2; caude@, 12; tarsi, 2.
Head, upper surface, and wings brown, slightly tinged with olive; the feather on the forehead
tipped with a lighter colour ; rump and upper tail-coverts rich reddish chestnut ; tail-feathers brownish
black, largely tipped with white, which on the two centre feathers is tinged with brown ; throat, and

chest, and centre of the abdomen greyish white; flanks and under tail-coverts buffy white; bill and
feet black. ,

Syn. Acanthiza uropygialis, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.
5 Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

ACANTHIZA CHRYSORRHGA.
Fig. 3.

Ae. fronie nigro albo adsperso ; genis, guld, linedque superciliari cinerescenti-albis ; pectore, corporeque
subtus flavescenti-albis ; lateribus olivaceis ; corpore superiore, alisque olivaceo-fuscis ; uropygio, tec-
tricibusque caude citrinis, rectricibus caude in medio fuscis, ad basin flavescenti-albis ; externarum
pogoniis externis, omniumgue apicibus cineraceis ; rostro, pedibusque nigrescentibus.

Mas. Long. tot. 44 une. ; rostri, ?; ale, 2%; caude, 12; tarsi, 3.

i] Forehead black, with a spot of white at the tip of each feather ; cheeks, throat, and a line from the
nostrils over each eye greyish white ; chest and under surface yellowish white, passing into light olive
brown on the flanks; upper surface and wings olive brown ; rump and upper tail-coverts bright citron
yellow; base of the tail-feathers white, tinged with yellow, the external margin of the outer feathers
and the tips of all brownish grey, the central portion blackish brown ; bill and feet blackish brown.

Syn. Saxicola chrysorrhea, Quoy et Gaim. Voy. de I’ Astrolabe, p. 198, pl. 10, f. 2.
Habitat. Van Diemen’s Land and New South Wales.

ACANTHIZA MAGNIROSTRA, Gould.
Fig. 4.

Ac. vertice, corpore superiore, alis cauddque olivaceo-fuscis ; hae, fronteque rufescentibus ; guld pec-
toreque cinereis ; lateribus olivaceis ; rostro nigro ; pedibus brunneis.

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Long. tot. 43 unc.; rostri, ?; ale, 24; caude, 14; tarsi, 2.

Crown of the head, all the upper surface, wings and tail olive brown, the forehead and tail becoming
rufous brown; throat and chest brownish white ; abdomen greyish white, passing into bright olive
green on the lower part of the flanks; bill black; feet light brown.

Syn. Acanthiza magnirostra, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.
Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

Family SYLVIADA ?
Genus PSILOPUS, Gould.

CHARACTERES GENERICI.

Rostrum capite brevius, tumidum, ad apicem dentatum, tomiis rectis ; nares basales, laterales, ovales ;
rictus setts paucis gracilibus obsitus ; ale mediocres, remige primo feré spurio, secundo elongato,
tertio, quarto, quintoque longissimis et inter se equalibus ; cauda brevis et equalis ; tarsi leves,
graciles, mediocres ; digiti perbreves, et debiles, externi utringue equales et intermedio conjuncti fere
ad articulum primum ; ungues incurvi.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Bill shorter than the head, swollen, notched at the tip; commissure straight ; zostrils basal, lateral,
oval ; rictus beset with two or three extremely fine and weak bristles; wings moderately long, first
quill almost spurious, second long, third, fourth, and fifth equal and longest ; tail rather short and
square ; ¢arst entire, slender, moderately long ; foes extremely short and small, the lateral toes even
and united to the middle one nearly to the first joint ; claws much curved.

Type. Psilopus albogularis, Gould.

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PSILOPUS BREVIROSTRIS, Gould.
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Psil. rostro perbrevi, pallidée fusco ; strigd superciliari flavescente ; vertice fuscescenti-cinereo ; nuché
olivaced ; dorso, uropygio, téctricibusque canude olivaceis ; plumis auricularibus, genisque pallidé
rufo-brunneis ; guld, pectoreque albis, olivaceo lavatis, strigisque fuscis longitudinalibus, leviter
ornatis ; abd&nine pallide citrino ; rectricibus caude intermediis duabus fuscis ; reliquis ad basin
fuscis dein nigrescente fasciatis, et interne albo notatis, apicibus pallide fuscis ; pedibus nigre-
scentibus.

Long. tot. 34 unc.; rostri, 3; ale, 2; caude, 14; tarsi, 1.

Bill extremely short and of a light brown; a narrow stripe of yellowish white passes from the bill
over each eye; crown of the head brownish grey, passing into olive at the back of the neck; back,
rump, and upper tail-coverts olive, brightest on the latter; ear-coverts and sides of the face very pale
reddish brown; throat and chest white tinged with olive, with a faint longitudinal mark of brown
down the centre of each feather, the remainder of the under surface pale citron yellow; two centre
tail-feathers brown; the remainder brown at the base, the middle being crossed by a broad band of
blackish brown, which is succeeded by a spot of white on the inner webs, the tips pale brown; feet
blackish brown.

Syn. Psilopus brevirostris, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Remark. In my own Collection.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

PSILOPUS FUSCUS, Gould.
Fig. 2.

Psil. vertice, corporeque toto superne, saturate fuscis, levitér olivaceo tinctis ; rectricibus caude duabus
intermediis fuscis ; reliquis ad basin albis, dein nigrescenti-fusco late fusciatis, exinde albo notatis,
apicibus pallidée fuscis ; guld, pectoreque cinereis ; abdomine, crissoque albis ; rostro pedibusque
intense fuscis.

Long. tot. 32 une.; rostri, 4; ale, 24; caude, 12; tarsi, 3.

Crown of the head, all the upper surface, and wings dark fuscous brown, slightly tinged with olive ;
two centre tail-feathers brown ; the remainder white at the base, sueceeded by a broad band of deep
blackish brown, round which is a broad stripe of white, which entirely crosses the outer feathers, but
only the inner webs of the remainder, the tips pale brown; throat and chest grey ; abdomen and under
tail-coverts white ; bill and feet deep blackish brown.

Syn. Psilopus fuscus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Remark. In the Collection of the Earl of Derby.

Habitat. Australia: locality, uncertain.

PSILOPUS OLIVACEUS, Gould.
Fig. 3.

Psil. strigd superciliari a basi mandibule flava ; vertice, corporeque supra olivaceis ; alis fuscis, plumis
extis olivaceo marginatis ; rectricibus caude duabus intermediis fuscis ; reliquis ad basin fuscis,
dein albo, nigrescenti-fusco, iterumque albo fasciatis, apicibus fuscis ; rostro pedibusque fuscis.

Long. tot. 44 unc.; rostri, 4; ale, 24; caude, 13; tarsi, 3.

From the base of the upper mandible over each eye a line of yellow; crown of the head and all the
upper surface olive green ; wings brown, externally margined with olive green ; two centre tail-feathers
brown, the remainder brown at the base, succeeded by a bar of white, beyond which is a broader one
of dark brown; to this succeeds another of white, the extremities being brown; bill and feet brown.

Syn. Psilopus olivaceus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soe., Part V., 1837.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

PSILOPUS ALBOGULARIS, Gould.
Fig. 4.

Psil. vertice, plumis auricularibus, corporeque supra olivaceo-fuscis ; guld alba ; pectore corporeque
subtus late citrinis ; rectricibus eaude duabus intermediis fuscis, reliquis ad basin fuscis, albo, dein
late nigrescenti-fusco fasciatis, et interné ad apicem cervinis ; rostro, pedibusque intense Sfusceis.

Long. tot. 44 unc.; rostri, 4; ale, 23; caude, 13; tarsi, 3.

Crown of the head, ear-coverts, and ali the upper surface olive brown; throat white ; chest and all
the under surface bright citron yellow ; two centre tail-feathers brown, the remainder brown at the
base, above which a bar of white, succeeded by a broader one of deep blackish brown, the tips of all
but the two middle ones buffy white on their inner web; bill and feet dark brown.

Syn. Psilopus albogularis, Gould in Proe. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

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PARDALOTUS QUADRAGINTUS, Gould.
Fig. 1.

Pard. vertice,-corporeque supra olivaceis, plumis fusco levitér marginatis ; alis nigrescentibus, remigibus
(primo et secundo exceptis), ad apicem albis ; genis, crissoque flavescenti-olivaceis ; corpore subtus
cinerescenti-albo ; rostro intense fusco ; pedibus fuscis.

Long. tot. 33 unc.; rostri, $; ale, 21; caude, 11; tarsi, 32.

Crown of the head, and all the upper surface bright olive green, each feather obscurely margined
with brown; wings brownish black, all the feathers except the first and second primaries having a con-
spicuous spot of pure white near their extremities ; tail blackish grey, the extreme tips of the feathers
being white; cheeks and under tail-coverts yellowish olive ; throat and under surface greyish white
passing into olive on the flanks ; bill blackish brown; feet brown.

Syn. Pardalotus quadragintus, Gould in Proce. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Remark. This is the Forty-spot of the colonists of Van Diemen’s Land, so called from the numerous
white spots with which it is adorned.

Habitat. Van Diemen’s Land.

PARDALOTUS MELANOCEPHALUS, Gould.

Fig. 2.

Pard. vertice, loro, plumisque auricularibus nigris ; strigd superciliari aurantied oriente, albd desinente ;
genis, collique lateribus albis ; nuchd, dorsoque cinerescenti-olivaceis ; rectricibus caude@ fuscescenti-
cervinis ; caudad nigrd, ad apicem alba ; alis nigrescenti-fuscis ; remigibus tertio, quarto, quinto,
sexto, septimoque albis ; secondariis albo marginatis atque terminatis ; lined albé obliqué per hu-
meros abductd ; ala spurid coccineo terminatd ; lined gutturali, pectore, abdomineque medio late
flavis ; crisso cervino ; rostro nigro ; pedibus fuscis.

Long. tot. 4 unc.; rostri, 3; ale, 25; caude, 14; tarsi, 2.

Crown of the head, lores, and ear-coverts black ; over each eye a stripe commencing at the nostrils,
the anterior half of which is orange, and the posterior white ; sides of the face and neck white; back
of the neck and back olive grey ; upper tail-coverts brownish buff; tail black, each feather tipped
with white ; wings blackish brown, the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh primaries white ; secon-
daries edged and tipped with white ; one of the wing-coverts broadly margined on the inner web with
white, forming an oblique line across the shoulder; spurious wing tipped with crimson ; line down the
centre of the throat, the breast and middle of the abdomen bright yellow ; vent and under tail-coverts
buff; bill black ; feet brown.

Syn. Pardalotus melanocephalus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soe., Part V., 1837.

Habitat. Australia: locality, Moreton Bay, on the east coast of New South Wales.

PARDALOTUS RUBRICATUS, Gould.
Fig. 3.

«Pard. fascia frontali angusta sordide alba ; vertice, et occinte nigris, albo guttatis ; nuchd, dorso, uropygno,
tectricibusque alarum cinereis ; alis intense fuscis ; ald spurid, primariis ad basin, secondariisque
ad marginem externum late aurantiacis ; nota flammed ante oculos ; strigd superoculari cervind ;
tectricibus caude olivaceis ; caudd intense fused, ad apicem alba ; guld abdomineque cinereis ;
pectore flavo 3 mandibuld superiore fused, inferiore cinered ; pedibus fuscis.

Long. tot. 4 unc.; rostri, ¥; ale, 24; caude, 14; tarsi, 3.

Forehead crossed by a narrow band of dirty white; crown and back of the head deep black, each
feather having a spot of white near its extremity; back of the neck, back, wing-coverts and rump
brownish grey ; wings dark brown, margined with pale brown, the spurious wing, a small portion of
the base of the primaries, and the outer margins of the secondaries fine golden orange ; immediately
before the eye a spot of bright, fiery orange ; above and behind the eye a stripe of buff; upper tail-
coverts bright olive green; tail deep blackish brown, the extreme tips of the feathers being white ;
throat and abdomen grevish white ; chest bright yellow; upper mandible and legs brown, under man-
dible greyish white.

Syn. Pardalotus rubricatus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.
Remark. In my own Collection.

Habitat. Australia: locality, uncertain.

Genus SPHENOSTOMA, Gould.

CHARACTERES GENERICI.

Rostrum breve, durum, lateraliter compressum, et cuneiforme ; nares basales, rotundata, operte ; rictus
rectus ; mandibuld superiore haud dentata ; setis delicatis ad basin sparsis. Alex perbreves et ro-
tundate, remigibus quarto, quinto, et sexto fere equalibus et longissimis. Cauda elongata, et gra-
data. Tarsi mediocres, robusti ; anticé squamis tecti ; postice leves. Pedes breves ; digito postico
valido, digitis externis inequalibus, interno brevissimo.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Bill very short, hard, compressed laterally, and wedge-shaped ; nosérils basal,’ round, open ; tomia
straight; upper mandible without a notch at the tip; two or three fine hairs at the base of the bill ;
wing very short and round, the fourth, fifth, and sixth quills nearly equal and the longest ; ¢ai/ long
and graduated ; ¢arst moderately long and strong, shielded before with several plates, entire behind ;
toes short, hind toe strong, lateral toes unequal, the inner one the shortest.

SPHENOSTOMA CRISTATUM, Gould.

Sphen. capite plumis angustis acutis anticé curvatis cristato ; corpore supra et subtis omnino fusco ;
abdomine medio cinerescenti-albo ; caudd fusca ; rectricibus tribus externis utringue ad apicent
albis ; rostro nigrescente ; pedibus plumbeis.

Long. tot. 8 unc. ; roséri, $; ale, 33; caude, 44; tarsi, 4.

Head furnished with a erest of narrow, elongated feathers bent slightly forwards; the whole of the
upper and under surface brown, except the centre of the abdomen, which is greyish white ; tail long,
graduated, and of a dark brown, with the three outer feathers largely tipped with white ; bill blackish
brown ; feet lead colour.

Syn. Sphenosioma cristatum, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.
Remark. This species is closely allied to Struthidea.
Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

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PLYCTOLOPHUS GALERITUS, Vig. & Horsf.

Plyct. albus ; cristé, remigum rectricumque lateralium pogoniis internis, pteromatibusque inferioribus
sulphureis ; rostro nigro ; pedibus brunneis.

Long. tot. 20 unc.; ale, 14; caude, 8 ; tarsi, 1.

All the plumage white, with the exception of the elongated occipital crest, which is deep sulphur
yellow, and the ear-coverts, centre of the under surface of the wing, and the basal portion of the inner
webs of the tail-feathers, which are pale sulphur yellow ; bill black ; feet brownish black.

Syn. Psittacus galeritus, Lath. Ind. Orn., p. 109, No. 80.—Kuhl, Nova Acta, &c., vol. x. p. 87,

No. 157.
Crested Cockatoo, White's Journ., pl. in p. 237.—Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. ii. p. 205, no. 136.
Great Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol. viii. p. 479.
Plyctolophus galeritus, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 268.—Vig. in Lear’s IIl.
Psitt., pl. 3.—Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. xiv. p. 108.
Cacatua galerita, Vieill— Wag}. Mon. Psitt. in Abhand., p. 694.

Habitat. Van Diemen’s Land, New South Wales, &e.

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PLYCTOLOPHUS LEADBEATERI, Vig.

Plyct. albus ; genis, collo in fronte, pectore, tectricibus alarum inferroribus, abdomineque medio roseo-
tinctis ; criste elongate occipitalis plumis basi roseis, apice albis, macula flava in medio notatis ;
pogoniis remigum rectricumque internis roseis, illarum saturatioribus ; rostro corneo; pedibus
fuseis.

Long. tot. 15 unc.; ale, 10}; caude, 63; tarsi, 2.

All the plumage white ; forehead, front and sides of the neck, centre of the under surface of the
wing, middle of the abdomen, and the basal portion of the inner webs of the tail-feathers tinged with
rose colour, becoming of a rich salmon colour under the wing ; feathers of the occipital crest, crimson
at the base with a yellow spot in the centre, and white at the tip ; bill light horn colour; feet dark
brown.

Syn. Plyctolophus Leadbeateri, Vig. in Proc. of Comm. of Sci. and Corr. of Zool. Soc., Part I.,
1830-31, p. 61.—in Lear’s Il. Psitt., pl. 5—in Phil. Mag., 1831, p. 55.
Cacatua Leadbeateri, Wag. Mon. Psitt. in Abhand., p. 692.

Hobitat. Australia: locality, interior of New South Wales.

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PLATYCERCUS BARNARDI, V/V 1g. & Horsf.
Fig. 1.

Plat. leté viridis fronte coccineo, fascidé occipitali brunnescenti-fuscd ; dorso cerulescenti-nigro, torque
nuchali interrupto flavo ; genis, pteromatum rectricumque apice, lazulinis ; humeris remigum margine
rectricumque lateralium basi azureis ; rostro corneo ; pedibus fuscis.

Long. tot. 13 unc.; ale, 64; caud@, 74; tarsi, 3.

Forehead crimson ; crown, cheeks, chest, abdomen, central portion of the wing, and rump verditer
green ; occiput crossed by a band of brown, succeeded by a crescent-shaped mark of yellow; back
deep brown ; centre of the abdomen crossed by an irregular-shaped mark of yellow spotted with orange ;
primaries and spurious wing black, the external margin of each feather, and the tip of the shoulder rich
deep blue ; two central tail-feathers deep green, passing into deep blue at the tip ; the lateral feathers
deep blue at the base, gradually fading into bluish white at the tip; bill horn colour; feet brown.

Syn. Platycercus Barnardi, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 283, no. 6.—Wagl. Mon.
Psitt. in Abhand., &c., p. 528.—Vig. in Lear’s Ill. Psitt., pl. 18.
Barnard’s Parrot, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. ii. p. 121, no. 23.

Habitat. Australia: locality, interior of New South Wales.

PLATYCERCUS TABUENSIS, Vig.
Fig. 2.

Plat. capite, gula, corporeque subtus, brunneo-sanguineis ; torque collari, primariis extus rectrictbusque
caude extis (duabus intermediis exceptis), intense ceruleis ; corpore supra, alis rectricibusque
caude duabus intermediis viridibus, his ad apicem cerulets ; rostro pedibusque sordide fuscis.

Long. tot. 164 unc.; ale, 84; caude, 83; tarsi, 3.
Head, throat, and all the under surface brownish blood-red; collar at the back of the neck, pri-

maries, and the outer tail-feathers deep blue, the latter margined with green at the base ; upper surface,
wings, and two centre tail-feathers green, the latter tipped with deep blue ; bill and feet brownish black.

Syn. Zabuan Parrot, Lath. Syn., vol. i. p. 214, no. 16, t. 7.—Id. Gen. Hist., vol. ii. p. 115, pl. xxii.
Psittacus Tabuensis, Gmel. and Lath., exclusive of the varieties.
atropurpureus, Shaw, Mus. Lever., p. 140.
Pompadour Parrot, Shaw, Mus. Lever., pl. in p. 142.
Parrakeet, Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol. viii. p. 409.
Psittacus hysginus, Forst. in MS. Id. Icon., tab. 42.—Wagl. Mon. Psitt. in Abhand., &c., p.540.
Platycercus Tabuensis, Vig. in Lear's Ill. Psitt., pl. 16—Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol. xiv. p. 122.

Habitat. Australia.

PLATYCERCUS ZONARIUS, Wagl.

Fig. 3.

Plat. fronie angusteé coccineo fasciato ; vertice nigrescente, plumis auricularibus, genisque viridescentibus,
his ceruleo cinctis ; torque nuchali flavo ; corpore supra gramineo, ad humeros pallidiore ; pri-
mariis, aldque spurid fuscis plumis, ad margines externos ceruleis ; rectricibus caude duabus in-
termediis gramineo-viridibus, proximis utrinque viridibus, apicem versus ceruleis, apice ipso albe-
scente ; corpore subtis viridi ; rostro corneo ; pedibus fuscis.

Long. tot. 153 unc.; ale, 74; caude, 9; tarsi, 1.

Forehead crossed by a narrow band of crimson; crown of the head blackish brown, passing into
green on the ear-coverts and sides of the face; cheeks blue; back of the neck encircled by a band of
bright yellow ; back and upper surface generally deep grass green, passing into pale green on the
shoulders; primaries and spurious wing blackish brown, the external webs of each feather deep blue ;
two centre tail-feathers uniform deep grass green, the next on each side the same, passing into blue at
the tip, the lateral feathers green at the base, passing into blue, which gradually fades into bluish white
at the tip; chest green; under surface light green ; bill horn colour; feet blackish brown.

Syn. Psittacus zonarius, Shaw, Nat. Misc., pl. 657.—Kuhl. Consp. Psitt.

-— Baueri, Temm. in Linn. Trans., vol. xiii. p. 118.—Donovan’s Nat. Repos., pl. 64.

cyanomelas, Kuhl. Nova Acta, &¢., vol. x. p. 53. :

Bauer's Parrot, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. ii. p. 120. No. 21.

Platycercus Baueri, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 283.—Vig. in Lear’s Il. Psitt..
pl. 17.—Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol. xiv. p. 121.

— zonarius, Wagl. Mon. Psitt. in Abhand., p. 534.

Habitat. South Australia.

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POLYTELIS MELANURA.
Fig. 1.

Mas. Pol. capite, collo, humeris, uropygio, corporeque subtis late flavis ; dorso superiore, plumisque
scapularibus olivaceis, primariis, caudeque rectricibus intensé ceruleis, harum quatuor externarum
apicibus roseis ; notd coccined per mediam alam excurrente ; rostro coccineo ; pedibus fuscis.

Fam. Capite, genis, nuchd, dorso superiore, plumisque scapularibus obscure olivaceo-viridibus ; gutture,
uropygio, tectricibus alarum, corporeque subtis flavescenti-viridibus'; humero centrali intense viridi ;
primariis nonnullis, aldque spurid intense coeruleis, extis viridescentibus ; secondariis reliquis,
rectricibusque majoribus nonnullis, sanguineis ; rectricibus duabus intermediis viridibus ; reliquis
ad basin viridibus, quatuor externis utrinque intus, et ad apicem roseis ; rostro coccineo ; pedibus
fuscis.

Long. tot. 16 unc.; ale, 8; caud@, 93; tarsi, %.

Mate. Head, neck, shoulders, rump, upper tail-coverts, and all the under surface beautiful Jonquil
yellow ; upper part of the back and scapularies olive; primaries and tail deep blue, the extreme tips
of the four outer tail-feathers on each side tipped with rosy red; several of the greater wing-coverts
scarlet, forming a conspicuous mark on the centre of the wing; bill scarlet; feet blackish brown.

FemAve. Head, sides of the face, back of the neck, upper part of the back and scapulars dull olive
green; throat, all the under surface, rump, and wing-coverts yellowish green, the latter passing into
deep green on the centre of the shoulder; primaries, some of the secondaries, and the spurious wing
deep blue-black, margined externally with yellowish green; the remainder of the secondaries and a
few of the greater-coverts deep red; two centre tail-feathers deep green, the remainder green at the
base, passing into black on the inner webs; the four lateral feathers on each side margined on their
inner webs and tipped with rosy red, which is broadest and most conspicuous on the two outer feathers ;
bill scarlet ; feet dark brown.

Syn. Palcornis melanura, Vig. in Lear’s Ill. Psitt., pl. 28, male.
anthopeplus, Vig. in Ib., pl. 29, female.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

POLYTELIS BARRABANDI, Wagl.
Fig. 2, Male.—Fig. 3, Female.

Mas. Pol. fronte, genis, guttureque late flavis ; héc torque coccineo ornato ; nucha, corporequeviridibus ;
primariis, secondarits, ald spurié cauddque intensé ceeruleis, viridi tinetis ; rostro coccineo ; pe-
dibus fuscis.

Fam. Facie sordide viridescenti-ceruled ; pectore obscure roseo ; femoribus coccineis ; corpore viridi ;
primartis ceruleo-viridibus ; caude rectricibus quatuor intermediis viridibus, reliquis caruleo-
viridibus, intus ad marginem per totam longitudinem, roseis; rostro pallidée coccineo ; pedibus
fuscis.

Long. tot. 16 unc. ; ale, 7; caud@, 10; tarsi, 3.

Mats. Forehead, cheeks, and throat rich gamboge yellow; immediately beneath the yellow of the
throat a crescent of scarlet; back of the head, all the upper and under surface and thighs grass-green ;
primaries, secondaries, spurious wing and tail dark blue tinged with green ; bill rich red; feet brown.

FemAte. Face-dull greenish blue; chest dull rose colour; thighs scarlet ; the remainder of the
body grass green; primaries bluish green; central tail-feathers uniform green, the remainder bluish
green with half of the inner webs for their entire length fine rosy red; bill pale reddish orange; feet
dark brown.

Syn. Psittacus Barrabandi, Swains. Zool. Ill., 1st Ser., pl. 59.

Paleornis Barrabandi, Vig. in Zool. Journ., vol. iv. p. 56.—Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans.,
vol. xv. p. 287.

Polytelis Barrabandi, Wag. Mon. Psitt. in Abhand., p. 519.

Scarlet-breasted Parrot, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. ii. p. 121. No. 24.

Paleornis rosaceus, Vig. in Lear’s Ill. Psitt., pl. 30, female.

Remark. The Earl of Derby is of opinion that the Palcornis rosaceus of Mr. Vigors is the female
of this species, in which opinion I fully coincide ; and I may further state that I have had opportuni-
ties of dissecting several specimens of the bird to which the name of rosaceus has been given, all of
which proved to be females.

Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

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SITTELLA LEUCOCEPHALA, Gould.
Fig. 1.

Sitt. capite, guld, corporeque subtus albescentibus, hdc lineis cinereo-fuscis longitudinalibus notato ;
corpore supra cinerescenti-fusco ; uropygio albo; caudd fuscd albo terminatd ; alis fuscis; primaris,
secondariisque laté rufo fasciatis ; crisso fusco, albo variegato ; rostro aurantiaco, ad apicem fusco ;
pedibus flavis.

Long. tot. 44 unc.; rostri, 8; ale, 22; caud@, 1}; tarsi, f.

Head, throat, and under surface greyish white, the latter with a stripe of greyish brown down the
centre of each feather; upper surface greyish brown; rump white; tail blackish brown, the middle
feathers slightly and the outer feathers largely tipped with white ; wings brown, with a broad mark of
rufous across the middle of the primaries and secondaries; under tail-coverts brown, margined and
tipped with white ; bill orange at the base, blackish brown at the tip ; feet yellow.

Syn. Sittella leucocephala, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soe., Part V., 1837.

Habitat. Australia: locality, unknown.

SITTELLA CHRYSOPTERA, Swains.
Fig. 2.

Sitt. vertice fusco ; nuchd dorsoque cinerescenti-fuscis ; plumis lined centrali nigrescente, longitudina-
liter notatis ; uropygio tectricibusque caude superioribus albis ; caudd nigrescenti-fuscd, ad api-
cem ( plumis duabus intermediis exceptis) cervind ; alis intense fuscis, primariis, secondariisque
nonnullis rufo fasciatis ; guld, corpore subtus, crissoque cinerescenti-albis ; hdc fusco fasciato ; rostro
fusco, ad basin aurantiaco ; pedibus flavis.

Long. tot. 44 une.; rostri, 14; ale, 24; caude, 14; tarsi, 3.

Crown of the head dark brown; back of the neck and back greyish brown, with a stripe of dark
brown down the centre of each feather ; rump and upper tail-coverts white ; tail blackish brown, all
but the two centre feathers tipped with buff; wings dark brown with a large oblique patch of rufous
across the middle of the primaries and some of the secondaries, and each feather very slightly tipped with
buff; throat and under surface greyish white ; under tail-coverts greyish white, crossed near their extre-
mity with brown ; bill orange at the base, dark brown for the remainder of its length; feet yellow.

Syn. Sitta chrysoptera, Lath. Gen. Syn., Supp., p. xxxii.—Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv.

p- 296.
Orange-winged Nuthatch, Lath. Gen. Syn., Supp. vol. ii. p. 146, pl. 227.—Shaw, Gen. Zool.,
vol. viii. p. 126, and vol. xiv. p. 189.—Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 77, pl. Ux.
Sittella chrysoptera, Swains. Nat. Hist. and Class. Birds, vol. ii. p. 317.
Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

SITTELLA PILEATA, Gould.
Fig. 3.

Sitt. fronte, strigd superciliari, guld, pectore abdomineque medio albis ; vertice nigro ; plumis auricu-
laribus, nuchd, dorsoque cinerescenti-fuscis ; hujus lined saturatiore per medias plumas excurrente ;
uropygio albo, tectricibus caude, crissoque, cinerescenti-fuscis, fusco alboque variegatis; caudd
nigra ad apicem alba ; alis nigrescenti-fuscis, notd rufa central ; lateribus et ventre cinerescenti-
fuseis ; rostro ad basin flavo, ad apicem nigro ; pedibus flavis.

Long. tot. 43 unc.; rostri, £; ale, 34; caud@, 13; tarsi, 2.

Forehead, stripe over the eye, throat, breast, and centre of the abdomen white; crown of the head
black ; ear-coverts, back of the neck and back greyish brown, with a small stripe of dark brown down
the centre of each feather of the latter; rump white; upper and under tail-coverts greyish brown
crossed with an arrow-shaped mark of dark brown, and tipped with white; tail black, the centre fea-
thers slightly and the outer ones largely tipped with white ; wings blackish brown, with a large patch
of rufous in the centre, interrupted by the blackish brown margins of some of the secondaries, all
the feathers slightly tipped with greyish brown; flanks and vent greyish brown; bill yellow at the
base, black at the tip; feet yellow.

Syn. Sittella pileata, Gould in Proce. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Habitat. Australia: locality, Swan River.

SITTELLA MELANOCEPHALA, Gould.
Fig. 4.

Sitt. vertice, oceipite, plumisque auricularibus nigris ; dorso plumisque scapularibus cinerescenti-fuscis ;
alis nigris, primartis secondariisque, plus minusve rufo notatis ; uropygio, tectricibusque caude
albis ; caudd nigrd ad apicem albo notatd ; crisso albo fusco fasciato ; palpebris aurantiacis ;
rostro ad basin carneo, ad apicem nigro ; pedibus flavis.

Long. tot. 44 une.; rostri, #}; ale, 34; cauda@, 13; tarsi, 3.

Crown and back of the head and ear-coverts black ; back and scapularies greyish brown, with an in-
distinct mark of dark brown down the centre. of each feather; wings black, with a large patch of rich
rufous on the centre of the inner webs of the outer primaries, across both webs of the inner ones, and on
the inner and a portion of the outer webs of the secondaries, each feather very slightly tipped with
greyish white ; rump and upper tail-coverts white ; tail black, with a spot of white at the extremity of
each feather ; throat and under surface white; under tail-coverts white, crossed near their extremities
with blackish brown ; eyelids orange; bill flesh colour at the base, black at the tip; feet yellow.

Syn. Sittella melanocephala, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Habitat. Australia: locality, Swan River, on the west coast.

Note. At present I consider these four birds to be distinct, and have characterised them accordingly :
but from the little knowledge we possess of the changes they undergo, it may ultimately prove that lewco-
cephala and chrysoptera are different stages of one species, and pileata. and melanocephala of another.

LOMHANY GOL S varogutares

Genus ACANTHAGENYS, Gould.

CHARACTERES GENERICI.

Rostrum caput equans, compressum, leviter arcuatum, ad apicem acutum, naribus sub-basalibus, man-
dibule superioris tomiis ad apicem indentatis, et delicate serratis ; plagd nudé a basi mandibule
infra oculos excurrente; genis infra plagam spinis subrigidis tectis. Ale mediocres ; remige
primo brevissimo tertio, quarto, et quinto equalibus ceterosque excellentibus. Cauda mediocris sub-
@qualis. Pedes validi ; digito postico forti, digitumque intermedium anticum excellente; ex-
terno ad intermedium basalitéer conjuncto ; unguibus incurvis.

Hoc genus ad illud Anthocheyra dictum appropinquat, differt caudé equal, plaga faciali nudé genisque
spinosis.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Bill equalling the head, compressed, slightly arched, acute at the tip ; nostrils sub-basal, the edges
of the upper mandible notched near the tip, and delicately serrated, from the base of the mandible a
naked stripe runs below the eyes, and below this the cheeks are covered with stiff spines ; wings
moderate, the first quill-feather very short, third, fourth, and fifth longest and equal; tai/ moderate,
nearly equal ; feet robust, hind toe strong and longer than the middle, outer united at its base to the
middle, claws hooked.

This genus approaches Anthochera, but differs in having the tail equal, a naked facial stripe, and the
cheeks spinose.

ACANTHAGENYS RUFOGULARIS, Gould.

Capite superiore, dorso, alisque fuscis, plumis ad marginem pallidioribus ; uropygio, tectricibusque
caude albis, in medio fusco tinctis ; strigd post oculos, et ad latera colli nigrescente ; super strigam
lateralem colli, lined albescente, fusco adspersd ; setis genarum albis, et infra ad basin mandibule
inferioris lined plumarum, albo nigroque fasciatarum; guld pectoreque summo pallidé rufis ;
corpore subtus sordide albo, plumis fusco notatis ; caudd nigrescenti-fuscd, apice albo ; plagdé faciali
nuda, rostrique basi aurantiacis ; rostri apice, pedibusque nigris.

Long. tot. 92 une. ; roséri, 13; ale, 44; caude, 44; tarsi, 1.

Crown of the head, back and wings dusky brown, each feather margined with pale brown ; upper
tail-coverts with each feather dusky brown in the centre; stripe behind the eye and on the sides of
the neck black, above which on the side of the neck another line of whitish mingled with dusky ; hairs
on the cheeks white ; below the lower mandible a line’ of feathers, which are white crossed by black
lines; throat and fore part of the chest pale rufous; under surface dirty white, each feather striated
with dusky brown; tail blackish brown, tipped with white ; bare part of the face and base of the bill
orange ; point of the bill and feet black.

Syn. Acanthagenys rufogularis, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.
Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

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Genus PLECTORHYNCHA, Gould.

CHARACTERES GENERICI.

Rostrum capite brevius, levitér arcuatum, fere conicum, et acutum naribus basalibus, operculo tects »
mandibula superiore obsolete ad apicem indentatd. Ale mediocres ; remige primo brevissine,
tertio, quartoque longissimis. Cauda mediocris et equalis. Tarsi validi ; digito postico cum ungue
forti, et digitum intermedium anticum excellente ; digits lateralibus inequalibus, externo longiore, et
intermedio basaliter conjuncto.

GENERIC CHARACTERS.

Bill shorter than the head, slightly arched, very pointed, almost conical and acute; nostrils basal
and partly covered by an operculum; an obsolete notch near the tip of the upper mandible; wings
moderate, the first feather short, the third and fourth the longest ; tail moderate and square; tarsi
strong; hind toe and claw leng, powerful and longer than the middle toe and claw ; lateral toes un-
equal ; the outer one the longest, and united to the middle one nearly to the first joint.

PLECTORHYNCHA LANCEOLATA, Gould.

Vertice, plumis auricularibus, nuchdque, albo fuscoque variegatis ; guld corporeque subtus cinerescenti-
albis ; plumis pectoralibus sublanceolatis, et albis ; corpore toto, cauddque superne pallide fuscis ;
rostro fusgescenti-corneo ; pedibus nigris.

Long. tot. 9 unc.; rostri, 1; ale, 44; caude, 44; tarsi, 1.

Crown of the head, ear-coverts, and back of the neck mottled with black and white, a longitudinal
mark of black running down the centre of each feather ; throat and under surface greyish white, the
stem of each feather, which ends lanceolate, pure white; back, wings and tail light brown ; bill dark
horn colour ; feet blackish brown. ‘

Syn. Plectorhyncha lanceolata, Gould in Proce. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.
Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

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Genus ENTOMOPHILA, Gould.

CHARACTERES GENERICI.

Gen. Coar. Rostrum fere capitis longitudinem equans ; ad basin latiusculum, dein compressum, et ad
apicem acutum ; mandibule superioris tomiis arcuatis, et apicem versus leviter indentatis. Nares
basales, ovales, in membrand posite, et operculo tecte. Ale longiuscule ; remige primo spurio,
secundo tertium feré equante, hée longissimo. Cauda brevis, sub-quadrata. Tarsi breves, et sub-
debiles ; digito posteriore brevi, forti ; digitis externis haud equalibus, interno paululum breviore.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Bill nearly as long as the head, somewhat broad at the base, becoming compressed and pointed
the tip; tomia of the upper mandible arched and slightly notched at the tip; nostrils basal, oval,
pierced in a membrane and protected by an operculum; wings rather long, first quill spurious, the
second nearly as long as the third, which is the longest ; éai/ short and nearly square; ¢arst short and
rather feeble; hind toe short and stout; lateral toes unequal, the inner one being rather the shortest.

ENTOMOPHILA PICTA, Gould.

‘Mas. Ent. capite, gents, corporeque supra nigris; plumis auricularibus posticé albo jimbriatis ; alis
nigris primaris secondariisque extus nitide flavis ; caud@ rectricibus nigris, extus flavo marginatis,
omnibusque (duabus internis exceptis) plus minusve extus albo ad apicem notatis ; guld, corporeque
subtus albis, hoc ad latera notis subfuscis longitudinalibus sparse ornato ; rostro flavescente ; pedibus
nigrescentibus.

Fam. vEL MAS JuNIoR? Differt partibus fuscis, que in mare adulto nigre ; in ceteris mari simillima,
fiavo colore minus nitido, rostroque ad apicem fusco.

Long. tot. 54 unc. ; rostri, 2; ala, 33; caude, 23; tarsi, 3.

Matx. Head, cheeks, and all the upper surface black, the posterior edges of the ear-coverts tipped
with white; wings black, the outer edges of the primaries and secondaries rich yellow, forming a con-
spicuous broad bar on the wing; tail black, margined externally with rich yellow, each feather except
the two centre ones more or less largely tipped on the internal web with white ; throat and all the under
surface white, the flanks having a few longitudinal faint spots of brown; bill yellowish white; feet
blackish brown.

FEMALE, or YOUNG MALE. Differs in having all those parts cf hair brown which are black in the male ;
in other respects the colours are the same, except that they are less brilliant, and the bill brown at the
tip.

Syn. Entomophila picta, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.

Remark. The disposition of the yellow markings of the wings and tail of this kind reminds us of
the Goldfinch ( Carduelis elegans, Steph.): the lengthened wing, broad and short tail, the great breadth
of the bill at its base, and the short tarsi lead me to believe that this species feeds principally upon
jnsects which it pursues and captures on the wing.

Habitat. Australia: locality, interior of New South Wales.

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Pui. vertice, alarum marginibus externis, necnon caude olivaceis ; dorso, uropygioque brunneis ; guld
genisque olivaceo-fuscis ; pectore, corporeque subtus cinerescentibus, singulis plumis noté laté
brunned in medio ornatis ; crisso pallide badio plumis fusco striatis, penicilld nitide flavé utrum-
que colli latus ornante ; noté longitudinali sub oculos olivaced ; primariis rectricibusque caude
fuscis, his ad apicem eaternum albis ; rostro nigrescente ; pedibus brunneis.

Long. tot. 64 unc. ; rostri, 3; ale, 33; caude, 3}; tarsi, 3.

Crown of the head, external edges of the wings, and the tail rich olive ; back and rump brown ;
throat and cheeks olive-brown ; chest and under surface greyish white, each feather having a broad
conspicuous mark of dark brown down the centre; under tail-coverts buffy white, each feather having
a central stripe of brown; on each side of the neck a lengthened tuft of rich yellow feathers, and
immediately below the eyes a longitudinal obscure mark of rich olive; primaries and tail-feathers
brown, the latter very slightly tipped with white ; bill blackish brown; legs light brown.

Syn. Ptilotis ornatus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part VI., 1838.
Habitat. Australia: locality, Swan River.

PTILOTIS FLAVIGULA, Gould.

Fig. 2.
Ptil. capite, nucha, genis, corpore inferiore nigro-griseis, héc colore apud abdomen crissumque olivaceo
tincto ; plumis auricularibus argenteo-cinereis et post has guttd flavd ; guld flavé ; alis, dorso,
caudaque, flavescenti-olivaceis ; femoribus olivaceis ; rostro pedibusque nigrescentibus.

Long. tot. 8 unc.; rostri, 1; ala, 44; caude, 44; tarsi, 1.

Crown of the head, back of the neck, cheeks, and under surface blackish grey, which on the ab-
domen and under tail-coverts is strongly tinged with olive ; ear-coverts silvery grey, immediately
behind which is a spot of pale yellow ; throat rich yellow; wings, back, and tail rich yellowish olive ;
thighs olive; bill and feet blackish brown.

Syn. Ptilotis flavigula, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part VI., 1838.

Remark. The species described in the preceding parts of this work as Meliphaga penicillata, M. leu-
cotis, M. chrysotis, M. chrysops, M. auricomis and M. fusca, will rank under the above genus, and I
now beg to substitute this word instead of that of Meliphaga for the new species I have described.
The genus has been instituted by Mr. Swainson for the birds of this group, distinguished by orna-
mental marks and tufts of feathers on the sides of the face and neck.

Habitat. Van Diemen’s Land and New South Wales.

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Genus ERYTHROGONYS, Gould.

CHARACTERES GENERICI.

Rostrum capite longius, rectum, paulo depressum. Nares basales, lineares. Ala elongata, remige primo
longissimo ; tertialibus fere ad apicem remigum tendentibus. Cauda brevis, et fere equalis ; tarsi
elongati. Digiti guatuor ; postico parvulo ; anticis inter se conjunctis, usque ad articulum primum ;
tibize ex parte nude.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Bill \onger than the head, straight, rather depressed ; nostrils basal, linear ; wings long and powerful,
the first feather the longest ; tertiaries nearly as long as the primaries ; ¢azl short and nearly square ;
legs long; toes four in number, slender, the hind toe extremely diminutive and free, the outer toe united
to the middle one nearly to the first joint ; thighs naked above the knee.

ERYTHROGONYS CINCTUS, Gould.

Capite, plumis auricularibus, nuchd, pectoreque nigris ; guld, abdomine medio, crissoque albis ; héc
fusco adsperso ; dorso, alis mediis, scapularibusque olivaceis, brunneo metallice lavatis ; uropygio, —
rectricibus caude duabus intermediis fuscis ; rectricibus reliquis albis ; lateribus castaneis ; tibie
parte nudd, cum articulo, coccinea ; tarsis olivaceo-fuscis ; rostro ad basin rubro, ad apicem nigro.

Long. tot. 7 unc.; rostri, 1; ale, 44;

Head, ear coverts, back of the neck, and chest black; a small patch under the eye, throat, chest,
sides of the neck, centre of the abdomen, and under tail-coverts white, the latter spotted with dark
brown; back, centre of the wings, and tertiaries olive, tinged with bronzy brown; tips of the secon-
daries, and the inner webs of the tips of the six contiguous primaries white ; rump and two middle tail-
feathers olive, the remaining tail-feathers white; flanks chestnut; thighs and knees scarlet; tarsi
deep olive brown ; bill red at the base, black at the tip.

caude, 14; bare space above the knee, 2; tarsi, 11.

Syn. Erythrogonys cinctus, Gould in Proce. of Zool. Soc., Part V., 1837.
Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales.

DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES OF

AUSTRALIAN BIRDS.
PRINCIPALLY IN THE AUTHOR’S COLLECTION,

WITH CHARACTERS OF SEVERAL NEW GENERA;

Read at the Scientific Meeting of the Zoological Society in December 1837.

The Author is induced to print these descriptions in the following form for the informa-
tion of Ornithologists generally. On his return from his intended visit to Australia these
pages will be cancelled, and each species will be illustrated and described in accordance with
the preceding portion of the present Synopsis.

Exvanus notatus. Eye encircled by a narrow ring of black; forehead, sides of the face and
under surface of the body pure white; back of the neck, back, scapularies, and upper tail-coverts de-
licate grey ; a jet black mark commences at the shoulders, and extends over the greater portion of the
wing; under surface of the shoulders pure white, below which an oval spot of jet black ; primaries
dark grey above, brownish black beneath ; tail greyish white; bill black ; cere and legs orange yellow.

Total length, 14 inches ; wing, 113; tail, 64; tarsi, 13.

Habitat. New South Wales.

Distinguished from Elanus melanopterus by the oval spot of black on the under surface of the wing,
whence its specific name; it also diifers from Llanus leucurus in the form of the tail as well as in other
characters.

Hatcyon 1ncinctus. On each side of the forehead an oblong mark of buff; centre of the
forehead and crown blackish brown, with a slight tinge of blue passing into rich deep blue on the
occiput and upper part of the back; lores, a narrow line bencath the eye and ear-coverts black ;
feathers of the forchead slightly inargined with butf; centre of the back changeable lilac and green ;
shoulders, greater and lesser wing-coverts greenish blue ; spurious wing and secondaries deep blue ;
primaries snow white at the base, forming a conspicuous mark in the centre of the wing, dark
brown for the remainder of their length, and inargined on their outer webs with bluish green ; upper
tail-coverts ineiallic greenish blue; tail deep blue changing into green ; throat white; chest and all the
under surface delicate baff; upper mandible, and the edge and point of the lower black ; the base of
the latter and the feet reddish tesh colour.

Total length, 8 inches; bill, 12; wing, 33; tail, 21; tarsi, 3.

Habitat. New South Wales.

Nearly allied to Halcyon MacLeayit, of Messrs. Jardine and Selby.

Family CAPRIMULGID Ai.
Genus EUROSTOPODUS.

Gen. Cuar. Bill somewhat more produced and stouter than in Caprimulgus ; nostrils lateral and
linear; rictus entirely devoid of bristles, but furnished with short, weak, divided and branching hairs ;
wings longer and more powerful than in Caprimulg igus ; first and second quills equal, and longest ; tail
moderately long and nearly square; ¢arsi stout, and clothed anteriorly for their whole length ; toes
short, thick and fleshy ; outer ones equal, and united to the middle one by a membrane for more than
half their length; nail of the middle toe strongly pectinated on the inner side.

Tyres. Caprimulgus guttatus, Vig.and Horsf. in Linn. Trans. vol. xv. p. 192.
Caprimulgus albogularis, Ib. p. 194, note.

Mvyiacra nitipA. The whole of the plumage deep blackish green, with a metallic lustre, with
the exception of the abdomen and under tail-coverts, which are white; bill black at the tip, passing
into bluish black at the base ; feet brownish black.

Total length, 64 inches ; pill, $3 wing, 34; tail, 31; tarsi, 3.

Habitat. New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land.

Differs from Myiagra plumbea in its larger size, and in the darker and richer colouring of the plu-
mage.

CEBLEPYRIS HUMERALIS. Male. Forehead, crown of the head, back of the neck and upper part
of the back glossy greenish black; shoulders and upper wing-coverts pure white, forming an oblique
line along the wing ; the remainder of the wing dull black with the secondaries slightly margined and
tipped with white ; lower part of the back and rump grey ; tail dull black, the two outer feathers on
each side largely tipped with white ; throat, chest and all the under surface white ; bill and feet black.

Female. Crown of the head, back of the neck, and upper part of the back brown ; lower part of
the back, rump and tail as in the male; greater and lesser wing-coverts margined with buff; second-
aries more broadly margined with white than in the male ; throat and all the under surface buffy white ;
bill and legs black.

Total length, 64 inches; bill, 3; wing, 4; tail, 61; tarsi, Z.

Habitat. Interior of New South Wales.

Nearly allied to Ceblepyris leucomela ( Campephaga leucomela, Vig. & Horsf. ; Lanius Karu, Less.)
but differing from that species in its smaller size, in the greater extent of the white mark on the
shoulders, and in nearly wanting the stripe of white which crosses the secondaries.

FALCUNCULUS LEUCOGASTER. Immediately above the bill a band of white, from which down the
centre of the head a broad stripe of black feathers forming a crest; sides of the face and head white,
divided by aline of black, which passes through the eye to the nape ; back, shoulders and wing-coverts
olive yellow, becoming of a brighter yellow on the rump ; primaries and secondaries brown, margined
with olive yellow; two outer tail-feathers white, two centre ones olive, the remainder brown, mar-
gined with olive; throat olive green; chest, upper part of the breast and under tail-coverts bright
sulphur yellow ; abdomen and thighs white ; bill black; legs lead colour.

Total length, 6 inches; bill, 3; wing, 3%; tail, 22; tarsi, 3.

Habitat. Australia; locality unknown.

For a knowledge of this new species of true Faleunculus I am indebted to the kindness of the Earl
of Derby, who lent me the example from which the above characters are taken; and which from the
olive colouring of the throat may probably prove to be a female.

FALCUNCULUS FLAVIGULUS. Lores white; crown of the head, and a stripe from the eye down
the side of the neck blackish brown, above and beneath which are stripes of white; back and
upper tail coverts greenish yellow ; wings brownish grey, margined with pale brown ; tail the same,
but having the outer web and the tips of the two side feathers, and the tips of the two next on each side
white ; a small space under the chin white; throat, chest, abdomen and under tail-coverts uniform
bright yellow; bill (injured in the specimen) and legs bluish black.

Total length, about 53 inches ; bill,?; wing, 33; tail, 22; tarsi, 2.

Habitat. Australia; locality unknown.

This species, independently of its smaller size, may be readily distinguished from all the others by the
uniform yellow colouring of the under surface from the chin to the vent. It would seem that this
bird was overlooked by Messrs. Vigors and Horsfield who appear to have thought it identical with
F. gutturalis.

EoPsALTRIA PARVULUS. Crown of the head, ear-coverts, back of the neck and back dark grey ;
throat and lower part of the chest greyish white ; rump olive ; wings and tail brown, the extreme tips
of the latter greyish white; chest and all the under surface bright yellow; bill biack; feet brown.

Total length, 53 inches ; bill. 3; wing, 3; tail, 2}; tarsi, 2.

Habitat. New South Wales.

The genus EHopsaltria was instituted by Mr. Swainson for the Yellow-breasted Thrush of Lewin,
(Pachycephala Australis, of Vig.and Horsf.) to which the present bird is nearly allied.

EorsALTRIA GRISEOGULARIS. Crown of the head, ear-coverts, sides and back of the neck, and back
grey ; throat and chest greyish white ; abdomen, rump, upper and under tail-coverts rich yellow ; wings
and tail greyish brown, the extreme tips of the latter edged with white ; bill and feet blackish brown.

Total length, 6 inches; bill, 3; wing, 34; tail, 23; tarsi, 3.

Habitat. Swan River.

Closely allied to Hopsaltria Australis. In the Collection of Fort Pitt, at Chatham.

SERICULUS MAGNIROsTRIS. Forehead, cheeks, sides of the throat, and under surface dusky greyish
white, each feather margined with brown ; on the hinder part of the crown and occiput a square patch
of velvety black, and an irregular line of the same colour down the centre of the throat ; back of the
neck, back and seapularies greyish white in the centre, margined all round with brown; wings, rump
and tail olive brown, some of the secondaries tipped with greyish white ; bill and feet black.

Total length, 114 inches; bill, 14; wing, 53; tail, 42; tarsi, 14.

Habitat. Van Diemen’s Land?

This is in every respect a true Sericulus; and from what we know of the changes of the common
species (S. chrysocephalus) I conceive that it may prove to be a female, or immature bird.

Genus OREOCINCLA.

Bill as long, or longer than the head, slightly incurved, compressed laterally ; the tip of the upper
mandible overhanging the under ; notch considerably removed from the tip ; gonys, or cutting edges,
sharp; nostrils basal, oval ; rictus beset with afew short hairs; wings moderately long and rigid, first
quill very short, the fourth and fifth nearly equal, and the longest ; tail rather short and square, the
feathers rigid, and running to point exteriorly ; ¢arst moderate, scales entire ; éoes slender, particularly
the hinder one; later toes nearly equal, but the inner one rather the shortest ; general plumage silky
to the touch; the rump-feathers spinous, as in Ceblepyris and Graucalus.

Types. Oreocincla Nove Hollandie and Turdus varius, Horsf.

OREOCINCLA MACRORHYNCHA. Crown of the head, and all the upper surface, wings, tail, and upper
tail-coverts olive brown, each feather, except those of the wing and tail, tipped with a minute margin
of black ; edges of the secondaries slightly margined with buff’; outer tail-feather on each side tipped
with white, and the second also but move slightly ; throat and all the under surface buffy white, each
feather tipped with a lanceolate spot of black, which spots are most conspicuous on the flanks ; tip of
the spurious wing and bill blackish brown; feet light brown.

Total length, 104 inches; bill, 12; wing, 54; tail, 44; tarsi, 14.

Habitat. New Zealand, or Van Diemen’s Land.

Nearly allied to, but differing from the Zurdus varius of authors, in the much larger size of the bill,
and in the deeper black colouring of the margins of the feathers.

In the British Museum.

Family ————————_?
Genus SYMMORPHUS.

Bill rather short, swollen, distended at the base, upper mandible slightly notched at the tip ; culmen
and commissure somewhat arched ; nostrils basal, oval, and nearly hidden by the feathers of the fore-
head ; wings moderate, first quill half the length of the second, third, fourth and fifth equal, and
longest ; tazl moderate, the outer feather on each side a fourth shorter than the others, which are
nearly equal in length; ¢arst and feet moderate; the former scutellated anteriorly ; hind toe and
claw shorter than the middle ; lateral toes unequal, the inner one the shortest.

Symmorpuus LEucopyeus. Lores blackish brown ; stripe from the nostrils above the eye buffy
white; crown of the head, back of the neck, and back dull chocolate brown ; shoulders, tips of the
greater wing-coverts, rump, throat, and all the under surface white, slightly tinged with buff; pri-
maries and secondaries blackish brown, margined with deep buff; two centre tail-feathers brown,
slightly tipped with greyish white, the next on each side the same, but more extensively tipped with
greyish white, and the next with an oblong spot white on the inner web; the three outer on each
side dark brown for their basal half, the remainder white; bill and feet black.

Total length, 72 inches; bill, 3; wing, 34; tail, 33; tarsi, barely 1.

Habitat. New South Wales.

In my own Collection.

Perroica MopEsTa. Crown of the head, all the upper surface, wings, and tail reddish brown;
throat white, tinged with brown; chest and centre of the abdomen washed with scarlet; lower part
of the abdomen and under tail-coverts white; flanks brown; bill blackish brown; feet yellowish
brown.

Total length, 5 inches; bill, $; wing, 22; tail, 2; tarsi, 7.

The female resembles the male, but is rather lighter in colour, and has only an indication of the
scarlet tinge on the chest and sides.

Habitat. East coast of New Holland.

Genus ORIGMA.

Bill nearly as long as the head, incurved, carinated, indented near the tip ; nostrils oval, lateral,
basal, and covered by an operculum; wings moderate, rounded, first quill short, fourth, fifth, sixth,
and seventh nearly equal and longest ; ¢az/ moderate and slightly rounded ; ¢arst moderate ; toes rather
short, the outer toe much longer than the inner; plumage dense.

Type. Sawicola solitaria, Vig. and Horsf. Rock Warbler of Lewin, pl. xvt.

Genus EPTHIANURA.

Bill shorter than the head, nearly straight, compressed laterally, notched at the tip, gonys incurved ;
nostrils basal, linear, and covered by a membrane; wings long, first quill spurious, second very long,
third and fourth equal and longest; tertials very long; éaz/ short and truncate ; fars¢ entire, mo-
derately long, slight; éoes slender, the hinder toe and claw shorter than the middle one, the inner
toe rather shorter than the outer. .

Type. Acanthiza albifrons, Jard. and Selb.

EpTHIANURA AURIFRONS. Head, upper tail-coverts, sides of the neck, breast, and all the under
surface fine golden orange, which is richest on the forehead and centre of the abdomen ; back olive;
wings brown, margined with olive ; tail brownish black, each feather except the two middle ones having
an oval spot of white on the inner web at the tip; chin and centre of the throat black ; bill black ;
feet brown.

Total length, 4 inches; bill, 3; wing, 23; tail, 14; tarsi, 2.

Habitat. Interior of New South Wales.

In the Collection of the Zoological Society.

Matourus toneicaupus. Male. Crown of the head, stripe from the corner of the mouth below the
ears, and a broad crescent on the upper part of the back metallic ultramarine blue ; back of the neck,
shoulders, back, and rump deep velvety black; throat and chest deep blue black; under surface greyish
white, becoming brown on the flanks ; tail-feathers deep blue, with lighter tips; bill black; tarsi brown.

- Female. All the upper surface, wings, and tail brown slightly tinged with rufous; across the fore-
head and over each eye a line of reddish brown; throat and centre of the abdomen greyish white, be-
coming brown on the flanks; bill and feet reddish brown.

Total length, 53 inches; bill, 2; wing, 2; tail, 27; tarsi, 1.

Habitat. Van Diemen’s Land.

This species is closely allied to M. cyaneis, but is more richly coloured; and exceeds it in all its
measurements, particularly in the length of the tail.

Genus CINCLORAMPHUS.

ill rather shorter than the head; culmen slightly arched ; the tip distinctly notched ; the commissure
slightly angulated at the base, and somewhat incurved for the remainder of its length; ostrdls, lateral,
oval; wings moderate, rigid, first quill very long and nearly equal to the second and third, which are
the longest ; tertials nearly as long as the primaries ; éai/ rather small and cuneiform ; tars? very strong
and scutellated anteriorly ; foes long and powertul, particularly the hinder one and claw, which is ar-
ticulated on the same plane with the inner toe; lateral toes nearly equal.

Type. Megalurus cruralis, Vig. and Horsf.

DasyorNIs ? BRUNNEUS. Crown of the head, all the upper surface, wings, flanks, and tail yellowish
brown; throat, sides of the face, and centre of the abdomen brownish white ; bill dark brown at tip,
becoming lighter at the base; feet brown.

Total length, 53 inches ; bill, 3; wing, 23; tail, 3; tarsi, 3.

Habitat. Australia; locality, uncertain.

Genus CALAMANTHUS.

Gen. Cuar. Bill shorter than the head, dilated at the base, compressed laterally towards the tip ;
eulmen sharp and advancing upon the forehead; nostrils lateral, large, oval, and covered by an oper-
eulum ; rictus destitute of bristles; wings short, round, the fourth quill the longest, the third, fifth,
sixth, and seventh equal; ¢at/ rather short and round ; éarst moderately long, defended anteriorly with
indistinct scales; hind toe rather long, with a long claw ; lateral toes uneven, the outer one the shortest.

Type. Anthus fuliginosus, Vig. and Horsf.

CysTIcoLa RuFIcEPS. Crown of the head, and back of the neck, rump, chest, flanks, and thighs
delicate fawn colour, becoming deeper and redder on the crown and the rump ; upper part of the back,
secondaries, and tail deep brownish black, each feather margined all round with buff; throat and centre
of the abdomen white ; bill brown; feet yellowish brown.

Total length, 4 inches; bill, £; wing, 12; tail, 13; tarsi, 3.

Habitat. New South Wales.

Family ——-——-——-?
Genus OREOICA.

Gen. CuAr. Bill shorter than the head, stout, compressed laterally, and notched at the tip ; culmen
bent gradually downwards from the base ; lower mandible nearly as stout as the upper ; nostrils basal,
round, and nearly covered with very fine short hair-like feathers directed forwards, among which are in-
termingled a few long fine hairs ; wings rather long, the first quill short, the third the longest ; tertiaries
very long, and nearly equalling the primaries; ¢a¢/ short and very slightly rounded; ¢arsz moderately
long and stout, entire posteriorly, and defended anteriorly with hard scuta; fee adapted for the ground ;
toes very short, particularly the hind one, inner toe rather shorter than the outer; claws short, and
nearly straight. ‘

Type. Falcunculus gutturalis, Vig. and Horsf.

CALYPTORHYNCHUS XANTHANOTUS. Crown of the head, cheeks, throat, upper and under
surface brownish black ; feathers of the breast obscurely tipped with dull olive; ear-coverts yellow ;
two centre tail-feathers deep blackish brown, the remainder black at the base and tips, the central
portion being in some specimens uniform light lemon yellow, and in others the same colour blotched
with spots and markings of brown; bill in some specimens white, in others blackish brown; feet
dark brown.

Total length, 24 inches; wing, 144; tail, 12; tarsi, 1.

Habitat. Van Diemen’s Land.

This species is nearly allied to Cal. Baudinii and Cal. funereus, but is quite distinct from both.

PLATYCERCUS HEMATONOTUS. Crown of the head, back of the neck, cheeks, and chest emerald
green, which is lightest on the forehead and cheeks; back brownish green; rump scarlet ; tip and
under surface of the shoulder, spurious wing, and the outer edge of the basal half of the primaries rich
ultramarine blue; the blue of the shoulder above passing into sulphur yellow, and forming a conspicu-
ous spot of the latter colour in the centre of the shoulder; greater and lesser wing-coverts, and second-
aries bluish green ; upper tail-coverts, and two centre tail feathers green, passing into blue towards
the tip, which is blackish brown; the remainder of the tail-feathers green at the base, gradually passing
into delicate greyish white on the inner webs and the tips; centre of the abdomen yellow; thighs dull
bluish green; under tail-coverts greyish white; bill horn colour ; feet brown.

Total length, 11 inches; wing, 5; tail, 64; tarsi, 3.

Habitat. New South Wales.

The young of the year differs from the adult in having those parts delicate greenish grey, which in
the latter are emerald green; in being destitute of the red colouring of the rump, and of the vellow on
the centre of the abdomen; and in having the bases of the secondaries and some of the primaries white.

This species unites Platycercus to Nanodes, and is in fact so directly intermediate between these
genera in size and other characters, that it is difficult to decide to which group it should be referred ;
I am induced however to include it among the Platycerci.

MELIPHAGA SERICEOLA. Crown of the head, lores, orbits, and throat black; across the forehead
and over each eye an obscure band of white; on each cheek a plume of hair-like white feathers ; back
of the neck, back, and rump dark blackish brown, each feather margined with brownish white, which
is most conspicuous on the back of the neck ; wings and tail blackish brown; the primaries, second-
aries, and the margins of the basal half of the tail-feathers king’s-yellow ; all but the two centre tail-
feathers tipped with greyish white ; chest and under surface white, with a stripe of brownish black
down the centre of each feather; bill black ; feet dark brown. -

Total length, 54 inches; bill, 7; wing, 23; tail, 24; tarsi, 2.

Habitat. Australia; locality, unknown.

This species very closely resembles in its markings the Meliphaga sericea : it is, however, full a third

less in all its proportions, and is without doubt specifically distinct.

MELIPHAGA INORNATA. Crown of the head, all the upper surface, wings, and tail dark olive brown ;
primaries, secondaries, and the bases of all but the two middle, tail-feathers margined with dull wax
yellow; throat mottled brown, bounded on the chest by a crescent of brown, which is posteriorly
margined with brownish white ; centre of the abdomen brownish white; flanks brown; bill and feet
brownish black.

Total length, 54 inches; bill, 2; wing, 24; tail, 24; tarsi, 7.

Habitat. Van Diemen’s Land.

This is very closely allied to Mel. Australasiana, but is distinguished from that species by the ob-
scurity of its markings.

ANTHOCHERA LUNULATA. Crown of the head, back of the neck, and upper part of the back olive
brown, the feathers being darkest in the middle; lower part of the back and rump olive brown, each
feather having a line of white down the stem, dilated into a spot at the extremity ; upper fail-coverts
olive brown, with a crescent-shaped mark of white at the tip ; primaries brown, the inner webs for nearly
their whole length deep chestnut ; secondaries and tertiaries brown margined with grey; two middle
tail-feathers greyish brown, very slightly tipped with white, the remainder dark brown largely tipped
with white ; feathers of the sides of the neck long, narrow, pointed, and of a silvery grey ; throat and
forepart of the neck greyish brown, with a round silvery-grey spot at the extremity of each feather ;
feathers of the chest, and under surface greyish brown, with a fine line of white down the centre di-
lated into an oblong spot at the extremity, the white predominating on the hinder part of the abdo-
men and under tail-coverts; on each side of the chest an oblique mark of pure white; bill blackish
brown; feet reddish brown.

Total length, 12 inches; bill, 13; wing, 54; tail, 63; tarsi, 1}.

Habitat. Swan River.

Nearly allied to Anthochera mellivora, but differs in being smaller in size, in having a considerabl
longer bill, and in being entirely destitute of the white striz down the head and back of the neck. :
In the Collection of Fort Pitt at Chatham.

GLyciPHILA ? ocuLaRis. Crown of the head, all the upper surface, wings, and tail dark olive brown,
passing into yellowish brown on the rump, and bases of the tail-feathers; primaries and secondaries
margined with wax yellow; immediately behind the eye a very small patch of glossy brownish yellow
feathers, the anterior portion of which is silvery ; throat and chest greyish brown; abdomen and under
tail-coverts olive grey ; bill and feet dark blackish brown.

Total length, 53 inches; bill, 4; wing, 23; tail, 23; tarsi, 2.

Habitat. Van Diemen’s Land.

GLYCIPHILA? sUBOCULARIS. Crown of the head, all the upper surface, wings, and tail light olive
brown, with a tinge of yellow on the upper tail-coverts; primaries, secondaries, and basal portion of
the tail-feathers margined with olive yellow; immediately behind the eye an exceedingly small patch
of brownish yellow feathers ; throat and chest light greyish brown, tinged with yellow; the remainder
of the under surface light olive grey ; bill and feet brown.

Total length, 5 inches; bill, $; wing, 24; tail, 21; tarsi, 3.

Habitat. New South Wales.

Closely allied to the last, from which it differs in its more olive colouring, and in its smaller size.

JEGIALITIS? CANUS. Forehead, stripe over the eye, sides of the face, throat, chest, and all the under
surface white; crown of the head, all the upper surface, and an irregular band across the upper part
of the chest, greyish brown; primaries dark brown, with white shafts, and some of the inner ones mar-
gined on their outer webs at the base with white; tail brown, each feather broadly margined, espe-
cially the outer ones, with white ; bill and feet black, tinged with olive.

Total length, 73 inches ; bill, $; wing, 33; tail, 24; tarsi, 13.

Habitat. New South Wales.

Hamatorus AusTRALASIANUS. Head, neck, breast, back, wings, and the tail-feathers, for three
parts of their length from the tip, deep greenish black ; the tips of the wing-coverts, abdomen, rump,
upper and under tail-coverts, and the bases of the tail-feathers pure white; bill deep orange ;
feet red.

Total length, 17 inches; bill, 32; wing, 102; tail, 43; tarsi, 23.

Habitat. New South Wales.

Nearly allied to the Hematopus ostralegus of England.

Ruyncn#za AustTrRaLis. Stripe from the bill down the centre of the head to the nape pale buff;
behind each eye a short siripe of white ; back of the neck chestnut, crossed with indistinct narrow bars
of greenish brown; crown dark brown; sides of the face, and the sides and forepart of the neck cho-
colate; chin white; back clive green tinged with grey, and marbled with dark brown; scapularies
blotched on their external webs with deep buff; wing-coverts olive green, crossed by numerous fine
irregular bars of black; tertiaries olive green tinged with grey, crossed by irregular bars and nume-
rously sprinkled with black; three outer primaries dark brown, crossed on their outer webs with
broad irregular patches of deep buff, and sprinkled with grey on the inner ; the remainder of the pri-
maries and the secondaries grey, crossed by numerous narrow irregular lines of black, and spotted with
white surrounded with black; rump and tail grey like the secondaries, but spotted with both white and
buff, each of which colours are bounded with black; breast and all the under surface white, with a
large irregular patch of olive green, narrowly barred with black, on each side of the chest ; bill reddish
brown; feet dark brown.

Total length, 8 inches; bill, 2; wing, 53; tail, 23; tarsi, 14.

Habitat. New South Wales.

This bird differs from the Chinese species, to which it is nearly allied, by its extremely short toes and
larger wing.

Noumentus AUSTRALASIANUS. Crown of the head and back of the neck blackish brown, each fea-
ther margined with buff; back blackish brown, each feather irregularly blotched with reddish buff on
the margins ; wing-coverts blackish brown, margined with greyish white; tertiaries brown, irregularly
blotched on the margins with lighter brown ; rump and upper tail-coverts dark brown, barred across
the margins with greyish buff; tail light brown, crossed with bars of dark brown; greater coverts
blackish brown, slightly tipped with white ; first five primaries dark brown with white stems, the re-
mainder and the secondaries crossed by irregular interrupted bars of white ; sides of the face, throat,
and all the under surface pale buff, with a fine line of blackish brown down the centre of each feather ;
bill yellowish brown at the base, blackish brown at the tip ; fect olive.

Total length, 20 inches; bill, 52; wing, 11; tail, 43; tarsi, 33.

Habitat. New South Wales.

Nearly allied to, but differs from Numenius arquata, in the entire absence of the white rump; it is also
rather less in size.

PLaTALEA REGIA. Long flowing crest from the occiput, and the whole of the plumage pure
white except the chest, which is slightly washed with yellow ; forehead, face for a considerable distance
beyond the eyes, and the throat entirely denuded of feathers, and appearing in the dead specimen to
have been deep blue or green ; a patch over each eye, and one in the centre of the crown orange; bill
and feet black.

Total length, 39 inches; bill, 83; wing, 15; tail, 54; tarsi, 54.

Habitat. East coast of New South Wales.

The female is precisely the same in colour, but is much less in size, particularly in the length of the
bill.

PLATALEA FLAVIPES. The whole of the plumage pure white; face much less denuded than in
P. regia ; the denuded part and the bill orange yellow; legs and feet livid yellow.

Total length, 28 inches ; bill, 74; wing, 144; tail, 53; tarsi, 43.

Habitat. New South Wales.

Ibis STRICTIPENNIS. Head and upper half of the neck bare, and apparently of a blackish brown
tinged with blue; the whole of the body and wings white tinged with buff; the feathers on the fore-
part of the neck long, narrow, lanceolate and stiff; primaries tipped with deep bluish green ; webs of
the tertiaries extremely prolonged and recurved, and of a deep blue black mingled with white ; tarsi
and a denuded space under the wing reddish brown.

Total length, 30 inches; bill, 6; wing, 143; tail, 6; tarsi, 4.

Habitat. East coast of New South Wales.

STERNA MELANURA. Crown of the head and all the upper surface dark hair brown; primaries and
tail blackish brown, the latter forked for about an inch anda half; forehead, throat, and all the under
surface white; bill and feet black.

Total length, 11 inches; bill, 12; wing, 9; tail, 43; tarsi, 7

Habitat. New South Wales.

This appears to be an immature specimen. In the Collection of the United Service Museum.

SuLA RuUBRIPES. Head, throat, chest, abdomen, and under tail-coverts brownish white; back and
tail-feathers clove brown; primaries and secondaries dark brown, the remainder of the wing light clove
brown, mottled with brownish grey; bill yellowish flesh colour except the tip, which is black; feet
rich reddish orange.

Total length, 23 inches ; bill, 4; wing, 14; tail, 7; tarsi, 13.

Habitat. New South Wales.

The specimen from which this description was taken appeared to be somewhat immature. In
the Collection of the United Service Museum.

PUFFINUS ASSIMILIS. Crown of the head, all the upper surface, wings, and tail sooty black; sides
of the face, throat, and all the under surface white; bill dark horn colour ; tarsi and toes greenish
yellow; webs yellowish orange.

Total length, 11 inches; bill, 23; wing, 63; tail, 3; tarsi, 1J.

Habitat. New South Wales.

Very nearly allied to Puffinus obscurus ; but considerably smaller than that species.

PHALACROCORAX CARBOIDES. Throat and sides of the face white; crown of the head, neck, all the
under surface, rump and tail (which consists of fourteen feathers ) deep glossy blackish green ; feathers
of the back, wings, and upper part of the flanks chocolate, broadly margined with deep glossy black-
ish green ; neck ornamented with numerous fine lanceolate white feathers ; a few white feathers are
also situated on the outer side of each thigh; bill horn colour; feet black.

Total length, 34 inches; bill, 4; wing, 134; tail, 8; tarsi, 22.

Habitat. Van Diemen’s Land.

Closely allied to the Common Cormorant (Phalacrocorax Carbo) of Europe.

PHALACROCORAX LEUCOGASTER. Forehead, crown of the head, back of the neck, and rump greenish
black; back and wing-coverts deep green, each feather narrowly margined with black; primaries and
secondaries black; throat, front and sides of the neck, and all the under surface white ; bill black
tinged with red ; feet black.

Total length, 26 inches; bill, 3; wing, 11}; tail, 52; tarsi, 24.

Habitat. New South Wales.

PHALACROCORAX FLAVIRHYNCHUS. Crown of the head, back of the neck, back, rump and under tail-
coverts deep black ; wing-coverts and scapularies dark slaty black, margined with jet black ; primaries,
secondaries, and tail dark slaty black ; line from the nostrils over each eye, throat, forepart of the neck,
and under surface white ; bill bright orange yellow, with a blackish brown culmen; feet black.

Total length, 23 inches ; bill, 24; wing, 93; tail, 64; tarsi, 14.

Habitat. The east coast of New South Wales ?

This species is distinguished from the preceding by its much smaller size, and by the conspicuous
line of white over each eye.

_ BIRDS” OF AUSTR ALIA,

AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS.- __ ne

OF 'THE

ee
Sette Se ae

rags JOHN GOULD, F.LS., &c. . See
AUTHOR OF VARIOUS WORKS ON THE “BIRDS OF EUROPE,” THE “BIRDS OF THE HIMALAYA
MOUNTAINS, ” “A MONOGRAPH OF THE RAMPHASTID,” “A MONOGRAPH OF

SS a

‘Ocypterus minor.

— superciliosus.
albovittatus..

Vanga cinerea.
destructor.
nigrogularis.
_Cracticus hypoleucus.

ae =" — Tibicen.

; Coronica fuliginosa.
— strepera..
Calodera maculata. -
2 — nuchalis.
Petroica Goodenovii.
— phcenicea,
multicolor.

THE TROGONIDA,” &c.

Parr I.

CONTENTS.

: Malurus Lamberti.

—_ pectoralis.
cyaneus.
Struthidea cinerea.
Amadina castanotis.
-— ruficauda.
modesta.
Neomorpha acutirostris.
— crassirostris.
Nestor productus.
——-— hypopolius.

Tropidorhynchus citreogularis.

corniculatus.
Anthochzera mellivora.
carunculata.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR, 20 BROAD STREET, GOLDEN SQUARE.

January 1837.

Price, coloured \l. 5s. ; plain 15s.

wi
x

Anthochera Lewinii.

Meliphagy penicillata. ‘
——— leucotis.
———— chrysotis. —
———— Australasiana.
———— sericea.
— Nove-Hollandiz.
Hematops lunulatus.
— validirostris.
— gularis.

Zosterops tenuirostris.
— albogularis...
dorsalis,”
Podiceps gularis.
Nestor. |

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